On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 03:22:39AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 12:19:43 -0700, Roopa Prabhu wrote: > > Encoding: Types of encoding > > Off : Turning off any encoding > > RS : enforcing RS-FEC encoding on supported speeds > > BaseR : enforcing Base R encoding on supported speeds > > Auto : IEEE defaults for the speed/medium combination > > Just to be sure - does auto mean autonegotiate as defined by IEEE or > some presets?
I don't know this field very well. Is this confusion likely to happen a lot? Is there a better name for Auto which is less likely to be confused? Andrew