Platform Notes: The hme FastEthernet Device Driver

Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities

Table 3-8 describes the read-only link partner capabilities.

Table 3-8 Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities
 Parameter Values Description

lp_autoneg_cap

01 

= No auto-negotiation = Auto-negotiation 

lp_100T4_cap

01 

= No 100BASE-T4= 100BASE-T4 

lp_100fdx_cap

01 

= No100Mbit/sec full-duplex transmission= 100Mbit/sec full-duplex 

lp_100hdx_cap

01 

= No 100Mbit/sec half-duplex transmission= 100Mbit/sec half-duplex 

lp_10fdx_cap

01 

= No 10Mbit/sec full-duplex transmission= 10Mbit/sec full-duplex 

lp_10hdx_cap

01 

= No 10Mbit/sec half-duplex transmission= 10Mbit/sec half-duplex 

If the link partner is not capable of auto-negotiation (when lp_autoneg_cap is 0) the information described in Table 3-8 is not relevant and the parameter value = 0.

If the link partner is capable of auto-negotation (when lp_autoneg_cap is 1) then the speed and mode information is displayed when you use auto-negotiation and get the link partner capabilities.