They're just trying to confirm what they have.. and using the Linux tools they normally use to do so. I've since explained that a virtual NIC isn't going to show them the physical characteristics of the 'real' NIC and have explained that we've verified the OSA is set to gigabit speed.
I guess you could equate it to the 'checkbox eval' -- someone from the app team got on and showed them what mii-tools what indicating and so they naturally started to ask questions or wonder if they needed to set something from the Linux side... Now that I've gotten all the good input, I'm better able to explain what they are seeing and why... Thanks again for all the great responses! Scott Rohling On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:11 AM, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, Bruce -- we did that and confirmed it's set to gigabit.. but > > there > > seems to be concern from the Linux folks as mii-tools is reporting > 100mbs > > and ethtool is not reporting anything... > > I'd actually argue that ethtool is right -- there really isn't any valid > number TO report. Reporting the actual physical interface speed would be > wrong in that the memory speed interface isn't actually limited to that > speed, and reporting the actual memory interface speed is wrong in that > it's a theoretical number that you won't ever actually get. > > I guess my question is: why do they care? Does the application behave > differently with different interface speeds, or is this one of those > checkbox evals where "must have gigE support" is on there? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
