netdev - Re: dead network on JS21 with tg3 driver after flowcontrol changes

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Message-ID: <20080516081330.GA26530@aepfle.de>
Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 10:13:30 +0200
From:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Cc:	Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: dead network on JS21 with tg3 driver after flowcontrol changes

On Thu, May 15, Michael Chan wrote:

> Matt, I think that's very likely the problem.  If we are trying to
> establish link in parallel detect mode, the flow control settings may
> not match.  If we do not enter the if statement to do nothing, we will
> keep autonegotiating forever and never establish link.

Yes, this patch fixes nfsroot for me. Thanks.
mii-tool is not shipped anymore, even in SLES10.
I assume that ethtool is the replacement?

Olaf
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