It would seem that the atl1e device does support manual MDI configuration, according to this [1].
[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/289918/ On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Christopher Friedt <chrisfri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi list, > > I've connected a USRP2 to my laptop's gigabit ethernet [1] and the > USRP2's ethernet indicator LED is not on. Running find_usrp2s returns > zero results on my machine, while on another machine, using the same > cable, the USRP2 is detected. > > I've read that some people have actually had it working well with the > same gigabit ethernet device [2] and was hoping that someone else > could say what the problem is here. My first instinct is to assume > that the auto-negotiation process [3] is not working. It used to be > the case, that if auto-negotiation was not working, a crossover cable > would fix the problem. Does that sound like an accurate diagnosis / > prognosis? > > Rather than buy a new cable, I might be able to add a bit of code to > the kernel driver to allow for manual switching through a /sys entry > (if the device supports such control operations), but I thought that I > would ask the list for suggestions first. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > [1] atl1e driver > > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit > Ethernet Adapter (rev b0) > > [2] > > http://old.nabble.com/Netgear-GA311-%28Realtek-8169%29-and-USRP-2-td20908796.html > > [3] > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable#Automatic_crossover > _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
