Subject: Re: sky2 hangs, hw csum errors with 2.6.18

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:31:52 -0700

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:29:25 +0200
Martin Lucina <[email-masked]> wrote:

> [email-masked] said:
> > You can turn off TX pause and get the same effect.
> 
> Not sure if I did the right thing, but:
> 
> # ifdown eth1
> ...
> # ethtool -A eth1 tx off
> # ethtool -a eth1
> Pause parameters for eth1:
> Autonegotiate:	on
> RX:		on
> TX:		off
> # ifup eth1
> ...
> sky2 eth1: enabling interface
> sky2 eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
> # ethtool -a eth1
> Pause parameters for eth1:
> Autonegotiate:	on
> RX:		on
> TX:		on
> 
> is this what I should be seeing?
> 
> -mato

To get tx flow control to turn off. You need a patch (already in netdev-2.6 upstream)
and then you can do:

	ethtool -A eth1 autoneg off tx off

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>