Re: [E1000-devel] autoneg fiber e1000

[Nicolas P. <np...@1g...>]

> >Have you tried 'ethtool -A ethx autoneg off'

> >Already tried ;)

> >ethtool -A eth6 autoneg off
> >autoneg unmodified, ignoring
> >no pause parameters changed, aborting

> Well looks like then autoneg is disabled then. Run ethtool -a ethx.
> Also, fiber can only do 1gig full duplex and therefore driver always
> forced speed + duplex in case of fiber and so there is nothing much
> to negotiate.

There is a cisco at the other side, 
when I put also a cisco on my side, if I let "autoneg" , link doesnt come up, 

But If I set "speed nonegotiate" on port, link is up and workink, 
I guess there is the same problem with my intel fiber card 

root@mfw:~# ethtool eth6 
Settings for eth6: 
Supported ports: [ FIBRE ] 
Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full 
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes 
Advertised link modes: 1000baseT/Full 
Advertised pause frame use: No 
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes 
Speed: Unknown! 
Duplex: Unknown! (255) 
Port: FIBRE 
PHYAD: 0 
Transceiver: internal 
Auto-negotiation: on 
Supports Wake-on: d 
Wake-on: d 
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7) 
Link detected: no 

root@mfw:~# ethtool -a eth6 
Pause parameters for eth6: 
Autonegotiate: off 
RX: on 
TX: on 

> -Tushar