[parisc-linux] Tulip driver fails to advertise 100baseTx media capability
Grant Grundler
grundler@dsl2.external.hp.com
Sat, 23 Nov 2002 16:53:20 -0700
Leif Harcke wrote:
> > It's possible this is a problem/interaction with your switch/hub.
>
> I don't think this is a possibility. The kernel/Tulip have to decide what
> to advertise on the link long before autonegotiation is attempted, right?
I gather you know more about negotiation that I.
> From reading
> kernel source it appears that the Tulip driver sets some default state if
> it can't build the mtable. Perhaps this is where the error comes from.
Can you look a bit more and post a patch?
Several people could comment.
thanks,
grant