Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2020-08-08 14:48:45)
> Quoting Dieter (2020-08-08 11:37:39)
> > However: I was not able to force the other partner (my old lenovo 
> > T500) of the connection to a certain mode.
> > I thought ethtool would allow me to force the T500s, but i could not 
> > find the option.
> 
> Whoa, setting master/slave mode was implemented only since Linux v5.7: 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bdbdac7649
> 
> Corresponding userspace support was introduced in ethtool v5.8: 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ethtool/ethtool.git/commit/?id=558f7cc33d
> 
> Ethtool v5.8 is not yet in Debian - was released upstream only 4 days 
> ago.

Request to upgrade of ethtool in debian: https://bugs.debian.org/968099


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