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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:37:10 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Re: dmesg of 2.5.45 boot on NFS client
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:

| Randy.Dunlap wrote:
|
| > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:
| >
| > | Addressing only this specific issue, and not the larger $thread issue...
| > |
| > | Depends on what driver and version you are using.  It is preferred these
| > | days to force the media using ethtool.
| >
| > That's news to me.  "preferred" by whom?  certainly not by real users ??
| > It should just work.
|
|
| You missed quoting the operation he was performing:  forcing the media
| using mii-tool.  He was forcing the media type by hand.  It's impossible
| for that to just-work.
|
| I wasn't talking about setting media in general...

Thanks.  I misread your statement then.

-- 
~Randy
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