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

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Message-ID: <20130126095953.GA9403@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:59:53 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Kirill Kapranov <kapranoff@...ox.ru>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the algorithm of forced ethernet speed reduction

Kirill Kapranov <kapranoff@...ox.ru> :
> 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. 

(your mail user agent completely messed the patch. Please fix it.)

I makes sense but which RFC (?) does state that said algorithm
should not apply to the autonegotiated case as well ?

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Ueimor
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