Re: How do I force the de4x5 driver to run full duplex?

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From: Friedrich Seifert
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 11:33

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Hi,

Reece Martin wrote:
> 
> Re: DEC21142
> 
> I am using the same driver (de4x5) for the network card in my PWS500au. In
> SRM I set ew0_mode 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?

We had the same problem on our UP2000 boards. This is what helped in our
case:

In SRM type...
 
P00>>set ewa0_mode Auto-Negotiate

Regards,
	Friedrich

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Subject: Re: How do I force the de4x5 driver to run full duplex?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 12:33:36 +0100
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