Re: SUMMARY : Can't get 100/full duplex with bcm5700...

Douglas K. Fischer wrote:
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> At 01:41 PM 5/27/2003, you wrote:
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>>Ken Kleiner wrote:
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>>>I posted a message asking how to force 100/full duplex on a DELL PE2650 with
>>>Broadcomm - it wants to do 100/half.
>>>Suggestions were to use
>>>ethtool or mii-tool to force it
>>>and/or add auto_speed=0 to /etc/modules.conf.
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>>For tg3 driver, use ethtool to force it in the ifup-post networking 
>>script.  You can't do it from modules.conf, the interface isn't up yet.
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> Actually, the problem with trying to do it via /etc/modules.conf for the 
> tg3 driver isn't a matter of the interface being up or down, it's a matter 
> of the tg3 driver not supporting kernel module options for duplexing. The 
> /etc/modules.conf options are used when the kernel module is loaded, not 
> when the interface is configured.

You misunderstand.  What you say about module options is obviously correct.

However, /etc/modules.conf has a post-install trigger, and people have 
been trying to run ethtool from that.  That's what I meant.

> tg3 will not support duplexing/speed kernel module options in the future, 
> so ethtool/mii-tool is the way to go.

yes, ...from ifup-post :)
(that clarification is needed due to post-install trigger issue above)

	Jeff