On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Ryan T. Sammartino wrote: > OK, that works, however now I get the feeling that I'm missing out on > something...
Yes, automatic management of the interfaces if you plug/unplug cables while the machine is running. > wouldn't the following suggest that MII actually IS > supported by my NIC: > > tulip0: EEPROM default media type Autosense. > tulip0: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block. > tulip0: MII transceiver #3 config 3100 status 7809 advertising 01e1. > eth0: Digital DS21140 Tulip rev 32 at 0xd000, 00:00:C0:78:BC:F2, IRQ 10. > eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#3 link partner capability of 05e1. Check with: # ifstatus -v eth0 # mii-tool -v eth0 Do this both while you have a cable connected, and while disconnected. Some drivers know they can't tell you, some think they can ... but can't. Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
