On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 10:52:07PM +0000, Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P wrote:
>
> The quick history behind it is we implemented it on 10GbE first, where
> no spec existed for auto-negotiation for 10GbE-1GbE with fiber. We had
> optics modules that could do either 10 or 1 GbE, but no link-layer
> mechanism to autoneg the speed. So we implemented it in software and
> got it working, and called it SmartSpeed. This is a backport to other
> parts that can benefit from the same methods.
I tried to disable SmartSpeed back then when I did all the testing but
was not able to identify a straightforward change that didn't involve
modifications of things I don't fully comprehend.
Was that a bad idea to begin with or could disabling SmartSpeed help?
Petar Bogdanovic
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