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Date:      Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:07:44 -0700
From:      Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
To:        Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com>
Cc:        Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Andrew Boyer <aboyer@averesystems.com>
Subject:   Re: Dual-rate transceivers with ixgbe?
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The latest delta should give you what you need, sysctl
dev.ix.0.advertise_gig=1

Jack


On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have been working on this this morning, and I have a way of doing the
> same
> > thing
> > you do with ethtool on Linux, I should have something in HEAD shortly.
> This
> > will
> > let you "force" the advertisement of the link to 1G only.
> >
>
> Jack,
>
> I am not sure if you want me to share!  :)
>
> I have something that works with my 1G SFP (Finisar) which isnt
> supported but works 100% of all my 1G SFPs.  The problem is that the
> driver assumes AN in a lot of spots even when connected to a passive
> tap because if you have a multispeed fiber, negotion is always TRUE!
> :(
>
> I guess my question is for the 1G only, I assume you turn AN off to
> make this go (that seems to always work).
>
> Thanks!
>
> -aps
>
> PS I know, I know, 1G AN sucks....btw, thanks Jack for being
> responsive to all of this stuff...
>



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