netdev - Re: [PATCH] sungem: PHY updates & pause fixes

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Message-Id: <20070102.212605.15263907.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:26:05 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	benh@...nel.crashing.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sungem: PHY updates & pause fixes

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:20:14 +1100

> Now, I cross-over with a TG3 and I get:
> 
>  - I advertise 0x5e1 (hopefully same value)
>  - I read in LPA 0xc5e1 from the TG3
> (and that other register tells me Rx and Tx pause can be enabled).

Does flow control get enabled with the TG3 on these
switches?  Just curious.

> > You should try to use flow control, even slower than 1000Mbit links.
> 
> Sorry, not sure I parse ;-) You mean allowing pause on 10 and 100 as
> well ? I sure can, it's easy to fix.

That's correct.

> > That's the only problem I can see, would you mind fixing that and
> > I'll put your change into my net-2.6 tree and perhaps play around
> > with PAUSE on my switches here?
> 
> Sure will do.

Thanks a lot.
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