On Thu, 2006-06-07 at 23:59 -0700, David Miller wrote:

> 
> It's autonegotiated, check you kernel message logs when the link
> came up, you'll see this:
> 
> tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
> 

yikes - yes, this would be it.

I  could be wrong and i will double check:
I think when the e1000 says via ethtool "rx is on" - it means that it 
is _advertising_ flow control as opposed to detecting partner has flow
control capability.
Auke, can you also check this as well?

cheers,
jamal 


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