Subject: Re: dead network on JS21 with tg3 driver after flowcontrol changes

From: Olaf Hering <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:13:30 +0200

On Thu, May 15, Michael Chan wrote:

> Matt, I think that's very likely the problem.  If we are trying to
> establish link in parallel detect mode, the flow control settings may
> not match.  If we do not enter the if statement to do nothing, we will
> keep autonegotiating forever and never establish link.

Yes, this patch fixes nfsroot for me. Thanks.
mii-tool is not shipped anymore, even in SLES10.
I assume that ethtool is the replacement?

Olaf