On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 05:10:32PM +0530, Raju Lakkaraju wrote:
> From: Raju Lakkaraju <raju.lakkar...@microsemi.com>
>
> For operation in cabling environments that are incompatible with
> 1000BAST-T, VSC8531 device provides an automatic link speed
> downshift operation. When enabled, the device automatically changes
> its 1000BAST-T auto-negotiation to the next slower speed after
> a configured number of failed attempts at 1000BAST-T.
> This feature is useful in setting up in networks using older cable
> installations that include only pairs A and B, and not pairs C and D.
Any reason not to just turn this on by default when auto-neg is
enabled?
Andrew
