On Wed, 5 Dec 2012, Skidmore, Donald C wrote:

>>> 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?
>>
>
> My understanding was it displayed it's current negotiated speed and lanes 
> used.
>
> For what it is worth the ixgbe driver should log a warning during
> probe if we don't get the PCIe link we need for full speed.  Although
> it is more complex with the 4 port as there the switch on the NIC in
> the way.

I usually use three v's and it shows both Capabilities and Settings. You
may have to run it as root.

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