Platform Notes:The eri FastEthernet Device Driver

Reporting Transceiver Capabilities

Table 3-8 describes the read-only transceiver capabilities. These parameters define the capabilities of the hardware. The local transceiver can support all of these capabilities. Click on this link to return to Table 3-1.

Table 3-8 Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities

Parameter 

Description 

Values 

autoneg_cap

Local transceiver capability of the hardware 

0 = Not capable of auto-negotiation 

1 = Auto negotiation capable 

100fdx_cap

Local transceiver capability of the hardware; initialized at startup 

0 = Not 100 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable 

1 = 100 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable 

100hdx_cap

Local transceiver capability of the hardware; initialized at startup 

0 = Not 100 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable  

1 = 100 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable 

10fdx_cap

Local transceiver capability of the hardware; initialized at startup 

0 = Not 10 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable 

1 = 10 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable 

10hdx_cap

Local transceiver capability of the hardware; initialized at startup 

0 = Not 10 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable 

1 = 10 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable