On 12/04/2012 05:27 PM, Skidmore, Donald C wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ben Greear [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 5:19 PM
>> To: e1000-devel list
>> Subject: [E1000-devel] Question on ixgbe and bus speed/width.
>>
>> I'm testing a 4 port 10G NIC (ixgbe) in a pci-e gen3 motherboard.
>>
>> On most boots, all 4 ports show 5GT/s x8 bus, but on at least one boot, two
>> of the NICs came up as 5GT/s and x4.  It took a long time to notice this was
>> the problem that caused poor performance.
>>
>> Is there a way in ethtool, or another standard-ish way to query the bus
>> speed and width?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>
> Looking for something like 'lspci -vv'?

That shows some 'Capabilities' mentioning 5GT/s, but is that just what the
NIC is theoretically capable of, or it's current negotiated speed?

Thanks,
Ben

>
> Thanks,
> -Don Skidmore <[email protected]>
>


-- 
Ben Greear <[email protected]>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com


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