Platform Notes:The eri FastEthernet Device Driver

Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities

Table 3-9 describes the read-only link partner capabilities. Click on this link to return to Table 3-1.

Table 3-9 Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities

Parameter 

Values 

Description 

lp_autoneg_cap

0= 

1= 

No auto-negotiation 

Auto-negotiation 

lp_100fdx_cap

0= 

1= 

No 100Mbit/sec full-duplex transmission 

100Mbit/sec full-duplex 

lp_100hdx_cap

0= 

1= 

No 100Mbit/sec half-duplex transmission 

100Mbit/sec half-duplex 

lp_10fdx_cap

0= 

1= 

No 10Mbit/sec full-duplex transmission 

10Mbit/sec full-duplex 

lp_10hdx_cap

0= 

1= 

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 3-9 is not relevant and the parameter value = 0.

If the link partner is capable of auto-negotiation (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.

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