Re: force rtl8139 card to 10Mbps Half duplex through module options?

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Micha Feigin wrote:

> Is it possible to force the rtl8139 card (8139too module) to do 10Mbps
> half duplex with no auto negotiation using module options instead of
> one of the external programs?
>
> It looks like the media option may be able to do it but couldn't get it
> to work.
>
> I am currently using the ethtool program for that, but module options
> seem better if its possible (the interfaces file looks really dirty for
> this to work).
>
> I have a broken rtl8139 card on my laptop which only works for some
> reason only in 10Mbps mode, if if autoneg is on it negotiates 100Mbps
> and then can't sync. (Any suggestions on fixing that will be welcome
> even more ;-)
>
>
>  
This tells what parameters the driver accepts:
modinfo 8139too


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Cheers
John

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