rtl8139 full/half duplex

[Donald Becker]

On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Stephan Henn wrote:

> I got a roblem with my rtl8139 (Kernel 2.2.5,rtl8139 v1.08)
> 
> i tried to run the rtl8139 in fullduplex mode.
> Loading the rtl8139 as a module with the option full_duplex=1
> That make the network in one direction very slow an generates man error on
> the TX !

You can only use full duplex mode when talking to a switch, not a repeater.
The current rtl8139 driver interprets the full_duplex flag as causing the
driver to advertise only full duplex.

> The diagnostic tells me that the card only runs in halfduplex mode.
> So i have to change the parameter of my switchport.

Does your switch autonegotiate?
If so, have you tried it without a parameter?

> Does anyone have any idea what this could be caused by or how to resolve
> it?

There is one section in v1.08 where 'duplex_lock' wasn't considered.
Perhaps you are hitting this code.

Please try v1.08a of 7/5/99 (today) using your current configuration, and
send a report
  ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/rtl8139.c


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