[ale] mii-tool

[Christopher Fowler]

Okay.  I only use mii-tool as a reference.  I use an ioctl() to change
the speed from auto to 100.  Can I do the same for 1000?


On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 07:59, Keith Hopkins wrote:
> Chris Fowler wrote:
> > I haev a 10/100/1000 adapter and am trying to set it to 1000. mii-tool
> > does not have that option.  Is my version too old?
> 
> Not too old, but not designed to do what you think it should do. (does that make it too old?)  The MII specs were for fast ethernet.  I'd guess there is some new spec for Gigabit and it probably has it own tool.
> 
> Some relevant info:
> 
> http://www.10gea.org/Tech-whitepapers.htm
> 
> http://www.scyld.com/diag/mii-status.html
> 
> http://www.scyld.com/expert/100mbps.html#1000baseF