netdev - Re: forcedeth ethernet driver & Low power state

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Date:	Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:39:28 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeroen <j.geusebroek@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: forcedeth ethernet driver & Low power state

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:52:33 +0100 Jeroen <j.geusebroek@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm migrating my server from windows 2003 server to Ubuntu, but I am
> stumbling over the "Low Power State Link Speed" option for my NIC
> (forcedeth)
> 
> I need to disable this option in my windows driver otherwise the trough pout is
> horrible because the link fluctuates constantly from 100/1000.
> 
> Anyway, my question is where and how can I turn off this feature for the
> forcedeth driver? I've looked in the source and as far as I can tell there is no
> bootoption for this. There are some references noted in the code, but AFAIK
> no setting.
> 
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
> 

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