> But will there still be a mechanism to ignore link partner's advertising > and force these parameters?
>From man 1 ethtool: -a --show-pause Queries the specified Ethernet device for pause parameter information. -A --pause Changes the pause parameters of the specified Ethernet device. autoneg on|off Specifies whether pause autonegotiation should be enabled. rx on|off Specifies whether RX pause should be enabled. tx on|off Specifies whether TX pause should be enabled. You need to check the driver to see if it actually implements this ethtool call, but that is how it should be configured. Andrew