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Hi Reece,

> I am using the same driver for the network card in my PWS500au. In  SRM I
> set it to FASTFD, so the card is forced to run at 100Mb/s full duplex. So
> when the machine starts up the LEDs on my switch show it is running at
> 100Mb/s full duplex. Once Linux initialises the driver for eth0, the card 
> no longer is opertating at full duplex. This can be seen from my mini 
> switch diagnostic LEDs. Does anyone know how to force the driver to use 
> full duplex?

You may be interested in this bit of information which is included in the
driver source code:

          fdx        for full duplex
          autosense  to set the media/speed; with the following
                     sub-parameters:
                     TP, TP_NW, BNC, AUI, BNC_AUI, 100Mb, 10Mb, AUTO

  Case sensitivity is important  for  the sub-parameters. They *must*   be
  upper case. Examples:

      insmod de4x5 args='eth1:fdx autosense=BNC eth0:autosense=100Mb'.

  For a compiled in driver, at or above line 548, place e.g.
      #define DE4X5_PARM "eth0:fdx autosense=AUI eth2:autosense=TP"

  Yes,  I know full duplex isn't  permissible on BNC  or AUI; they're just
  examples. By default, full duplex is turned off and  AUTO is the default
  autosense setting.  In reality, I expect only  the full duplex option to
  be used. Note the use of single quotes in the two examples above and the
  lack of commas to separate items. ALSO, you must get the requested media
  correct in relation to what the adapter SROM says it has. There's no way
  to  determine this in  advance other than by  trial and error and common
  sense, e.g. call a BNC connectored port 'BNC', not '10Mb'.

Looks like it can be specified as an option when the module is loaded.

I hope this helps.

See ya

Dean Thompson

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