Re: nfe0 at gigE?

["Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>]

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:39:10PM -0500, Steven Bellovin wrote:
> I have a new ASUS motherboard with an on-board nfe0 controller.  It works 
> (though it takes forever to autonegotiate); however, it seems to stop at 100M 
> bps on a gigE switch.  It's not the cable; that same machine (running 
> amd64/5.0.1) and cable work just fine at gigE speeds with a wm0 card in there.
> 
> Worth doing something about?  Or just leave wm0 in there and not worry about 
> it?
> 

Maybe.

What chipset, and more importantly, what PHY chip is involved here?

        Jonathan Kollasch