On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:24:37PM +0100, Jochen Fabricius wrote: > Hi all, > > today I discovered that my network connection on an Acer Aspire X3900 is only > 10baseT. Never realized it before because the speed is enough (mostly > relatively slow internet connection, no large files to/from other machines). > System is 4.8-release. > > I checked: > - wiring: even at shortest connection to the switch only 10baseT was available > - other switches > - other machines with the same cables, same port on switch > > The PHY is a 82578, and as I understand the commit messages the support is > still "basic", but shouldn't at least 100baseTX work? That's what all my > switches support. I have to check with a 1 GbE switch, but I don't know if I > can get one in the next time. Has anyone higher speeds working with this PHY?
This is a known issue with the 82578DC (82578DM doesn't show it). It is likely something along the lines of missing workarounds for particular revisions of the phy.
