Hi all, I'm trying to understand Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver's way of doing auto-negotiation, and forced duplex, speed and flow control. [ See http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c ] I have the following questions :- 1. http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c#L2000 Here, in line 2011, why is flow control turned off when forcing speed and duplex. 2. I understand from Intel's manual that in case of fiber, we won't have auto-negotiation (it's always 1000Mbps, Duplex). So comments in lines 1058 and 1102 confuse me. Is it that though we don't auto-negotiate speed and duplex for fiber, flow-control can still be configured ? Thanks, K -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
