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Bug#561843: ethtool/mii-tool report incorrect/missing values on Marvell 88E1011



On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 19:36 +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 04:54:42PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > It also ways:
> > >         Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: No
> > >         Auto-negotiation: on
> > > 
> > > Those also seem to conflict and it really should advertise it.
> > [...]
> > 
> > No, "Auto-negotiation: on" does not mean auto-negotiation was
> > successful.
> 
> But the link parter does support auto-negotiation, while
> it says no.

That's really a bug in ethtool; it should say "not reported".  I'll
submit a patch.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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