Re: 8139 full duplex?

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:03:13 +0100 (MET)

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> > I have a bunch of computers with 8139 cards. When I moved the cables
> > over from my hub to my new switch all the "full duplex" lights came on
> > immediately.
> >
> > Would this mean that the driver/card already were in full-duplex? That
> > would explain me seeing way too many collisions on that old hub (which
> > obviously doesn't support full-duplex).
> >
> > (Some machines run 2.2 kernels, others run 2.4 kernels some run the
> > old driver, others run the 8139too driver).
>
> Some versions of the driver bork the LED register, which may lead to
> false assumptions.

Does the driver control the led on my switch?????

(My cards just have a "link" led, and a "100Mbps" led)

I'm not going back to the hub after upgrading just to see the
changeover messages. I'm confident that we're running full-duplex now
on the switch and that that's OK with the switch. I was just wondering
wether this confirmed my suspicion that there was something wrong with
the /duplexicity/.

Roger. 

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