Michael Chan wrote:
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?

the patch doesn't remove the old method, it merely adds a second path to the speed/duplex setting. Using the "old" syntax will still work.

Cheers,

Auke
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