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force bcm5700 card on dell box work on 100M bps full duplex on fedora core 3

 
    
force bcm5700 card on dell box work on 100M bps full duplex on fedora core 3
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remove default driver tg3 in /etc/modprobe.conf. Add something like:

alias eth0 bcm5700
options bcm5700 line_speed=100 auto_speed=0 full_duplex=1

check the eth0 status:

[root@intruder music]# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 100Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 1
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Supports Wake-on: g
        Wake-on: g
        Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
        Link detected: yes

[root@intruder music]# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off

[root@intruder music]# mii-tool -v eth0
eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
  product info: vendor 00:aa:00, model 51 rev 0
  basic mode:   autonegotiation enabled
  basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
  capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
  advertising:  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control
  link partner: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control
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