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Date:      Tue, 01 Apr 1997 18:59:08 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Does de driver do 100MBIT Full Duplex? 
Message-ID:  <199704020259.SAA21261@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Apr 1997 17:18:18 PST." <Pine.NEB.3.95.970401171635.12884e-100000@mail.cdsnet.net> 

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>I'm not sure exactly how the process works, but the SMC card (dual
>etherpower 10/100), seems unable to kick into full-duplex mode with my
>Linkswitch.
>
>Does the driver support it?  ifconfig shows a "Simplex" flag, but if
>I remember correctly, that was something to do with if a card could read
>it's own output on coax or somesuch.

   No, the current de driver in FreeBSD does not support full duplex.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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