Re: 802.3x pause frames
On Wed, 05 Nov 2014, Julia Niewiejska wrote:
> I indend to do some experiments with 802.3x pause frames, but I have
> yet to find a setup that works. I used a tool that generates pause
Julia, you will have *much* better luck getting an answer for the
linux-on-baremetal (i.e. physical machine) behavior re. pause-frames if you
ask in the netdev ML at vger.kernel.org. Instructions here:
http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html
Pause-frame handling is all done kernel-side.
For the vmware angle, please ask vmware directly.
> First of all I noticed some discrepancies between the output of
> mii-tools or ethtool -a and the attempt to change the flow control
AFAIK, mii-tools and ethtool use different kernel APIs, and NIC drivers
don't have to support both at the same level (or at all).
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