On Tue, 2017-03-28 at 10:42 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > The 1000X definitions are for 1000BaseX (fiber), not for 1000BaseT > (copper). > > I have a working setup here with gigabit pause. The pause bits come > from bits 11 and 10, just like for older copper PHYs. Your link > parter is indicating that it has no pause capability. That means > you can't use pause.
Interesting. I tried and it worked :-) Could be something funny in the config of our switches. Thanks for the explanation. Cheers, Ben.