Hello all, I have a Server running Debian Lenny, kernel 2.6.32.8, and an 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet controller using the e1000e driver version 1.0.2-k2.
I have the software manual titled "PCIe* GbE Controllers Open Source Software Developer's Manual", which includes information for developing with the 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet controller, and I have the following questions: 1) Does 82571EB support Virtual Cable Tester functionality? The documentation indicates that PHY register 28d is the Misc Cntrl Register 2 for my model. Is PHY page 1, register 28d the Virtual Cable Tester register for my model? 2) I did not see any support for performing a VCT test in the e1000e driver. I modified the driver's ethtool self test functionality to include another test which reads PHY page 1, register 28. This returns 0, even when the link is down. Is this correct? I'm in the process of creating shorted Ethernet cables for this test. 3) The documentation is unclear how to actually perform a VCT test. My modified driver essentially just calls: result = e1e_wphy(&adapter->hw, PHY_REG(1, 28), 0x0000); result = e1e_rphy(&adapter->hw, PHY_REG(1, 28), ®_data);". Is this the correct way to invoke and read the VCT test results? Thanks for any and all help, Nathan Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
