Jeff Kirsher wrote: > The old way of setting autonegotiation was using the > following command: > ethtool -s ethx speed 100 duplex full auto on > now the command would be > ethtool -s ethx auto on advertise 0x08 > both commands would result in only advertising 100 FULL. > > There still needs to be a change made to the man file to reflect the > change in the behavior of ethtool, which I have not done. But this > patch will allow for greater flexibility in setting autonegotiation > speeds. >
It is more flexible, but less intuitive. The user now has to remember hex values instead of the more intuitive speed and duplex. Perhaps we can keep the old method of using speed and duplex, while adding the new method of specifying hex values? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
