Rick Jones wrote:
> 2) develop some style
>>> of register description definition type of text file, maybe XML, maybe
>>> INI style or something stored in /etc/ethtool as .conf or
>>> something like that. This way, ethtool doesn't have to be
>>> changed/updated/patched/likely-bug-added for every si
2) develop some style
of register description definition type of text file, maybe XML, maybe
INI style or something stored in /etc/ethtool as .conf or
something like that. This way, ethtool doesn't have to be
changed/updated/patched/likely-bug-added for every single device known
to man.
Just
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:12:58 -0400
David Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 12:32 -0700, Auke Kok wrote:
> > dumping registers in readable format is an extension that needs to be
> > implemented per driver. Not all nics have done this - we just did it
> > ourselves
> > for
On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 12:32 -0700, Auke Kok wrote:
> dumping registers in readable format is an extension that needs to be
> implemented per driver. Not all nics have done this - we just did it
> ourselves
> for ixgb, and I saw skge/sky2 just fly by this week.
This has always bothered me a bit
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Auke Kok wrote:
> > Older equipment, which may still be in use here and there, allowed
> > full-duplex operation, but no auto-negotiation. The duplex setting was
> > either fixed or selectable in a system-specific manner. In such a case you
> > certainly want your modern oth
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 12:27:48PM -0700, dean gaudet wrote:
> Package: net-tools
> Version: 1.60-17
>
> the version of mii-tool referenced below (plus the patch below) provides
> support for more mii types, and more importantly, allows it to report
> 1000baseT link states (which are otherwise m
Rick Jones wrote:
With mii-tool we can do the command below and work with a half duplex
hub and a full duplex switch.
mii-tool -A 10baseT-FD,10baseT-HD eth0
Why, and how often, is that really necessary?
rick jones
Take a wifi router with only 802.11b radios and ethernet chips that do
not
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Auke Kok wrote:
> dean gaudet wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> > > Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > > The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
> > > >
> > > > Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
> > > > ht
dean gaudet wrote:
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/mii-tool.tar.bz2
Not really. I wou
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:24:59 -0700 (PDT)
dean gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> > Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
> > >
> > > Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
> > >
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
> >
> > Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
> > http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/mii-tool.tar.bz2
>
> Not really. I would ra
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
>
> Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
> http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/mii-tool.tar.bz2
cool that's bugged me for a while...
there's an off-b
Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Rick Jones wrote:
Another scenario: forcing the NIC to negotiate only full-duplex speeds. Not
only fun if you try it against a hub, but possibly useful.
[...]
I'm just worried (as in Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) that having people set the
allowed t
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Rick Jones wrote:
> > Another scenario: forcing the NIC to negotiate only full-duplex speeds. Not
> > only fun if you try it against a hub, but possibly useful.
[...]
> I'm just worried (as in Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) that having people set the
> allowed things to negotiate
Rick Jones wrote:
With mii-tool we can do the command below and work with a half duplex
hub and a full duplex switch.
mii-tool -A 10baseT-FD,10baseT-HD eth0
Why, and how often, is that really necessary?
This is a bit of a hypothetical discussion of course, but I can imagine a lot
of users w
Auke Kok wrote:
Rick Jones wrote:
With mii-tool we can do the command below and work with a half duplex
hub and a full duplex switch.
mii-tool -A 10baseT-FD,10baseT-HD eth0
Why, and how often, is that really necessary?
This is a bit of a hypothetical discussion of course, but I can imagi
With mii-tool we can do the command below and work with a half duplex
hub and a full duplex switch.
mii-tool -A 10baseT-FD,10baseT-HD eth0
Why, and how often, is that really necessary?
rick jones
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On 9/27/06, Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
David Acker wrote:
>
> mii-tool supports some things that ethtool does not. mii-tool -A lets
> you set the advertised speeds and can include a list of speeds. The
> closest ethtool seems to have is ethtool -s but that seems to just set
> the adver
David Acker wrote:
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:55:34 -0400
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
http://developer.osdl.org/sh
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:55:34 -0400
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototy
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:55:34 -0400
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
> >
> > Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
> > http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/mii-tool.ta
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/mii-tool.tar.bz2
Not really. I would rather leave it as-is, and deprecate it in favor of
ethto
The mii-tool utility seems to be abandoned and unmaintained?
Here is a version that does standard 1000baseT support.
http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/mii-tool.tar.bz2
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