[brussels-dev] Re: [driver-discuss] Re: [networking-discuss] dladm show-linkprop enhancements

[James Carlson]

Sowmini.Varadhan at Sun.COM writes:
> Let me ask the question another way: by setting speed and duplex separately,
> is it actually possible to hit a permutation that would not happen
> with the predefined <speed>{f,h}dx definition?

Yes.  Half-duplex above 100Mbps gets pretty strange, and I suspect
many (perhaps most) adapters don't support it.  See 802.3-2002 section
4.1.2.1.1, 4.2.3.4, and 4.2.9.  It's definitely a case of "so, remind
me, just what problem was it you were solving .... ?"

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