RE: e1000 problems in 2.6.x

[Feldman, Scott]

> another oddity is that even after forcing my interfaces to 
> 100 Mbps full duplex, my switch is reporting half duplex. 
> again, this only happens in 2.6.x. when running 2.4.22, full 
> duplex is properly negotiated between the e1000 and my switch.

Are you forcing both the e1000 interfaces and the switch ports to the
same forced settings?  A duplex mismatch would cause problems, but I'm
not sure why this is happening for 2.6 only.  What happens if you don't
force settings, and just rely on autoneg?  (Again, on both ends of the
wire).

-scott
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