linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the algorithm of forced ethernet speed reduction

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Message-Id: <20130215.135405.621356363510662497.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:54:05 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kapranoff@...ox.ru
Cc:	romieu@...zoreil.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the algorithm of forced ethernet
 speed reduction

From: Kirill Kapranov <kapranoff@...ox.ru>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:50:59 +0400

> NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm.
> In case of the fixed speed set up for NIC 
> 	(e.g. ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full)
> 	with ethernet cable plugged off, mentioned algorithm 
> 	slows down NIC speed, so the further "hooking up" gives 
> 	no result. AFAIK, this behaviour is not RFCs' recommended.
> Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill Kapranov <kkk@...a.ru>,<kapranoff@...ox.ru>

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