 | | | mii-tool, what 's the point? | mii-tool, what 's the point? 2004-11-19 - By Brian Long
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Is there any reason mii-tool is included in net-tools on RHEL 3? It
appears to query Broadcom NICs incorrectly. This could be confusing to
someone trying to troubleshoot a problem if they choose to run mii-tool
instead of ethtool.
# grep eth0 /etc/modules.conf
alias eth0 tg3
# lspci | grep Ethernet
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 15)
0a:02.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 15)
# mii-tool eth0
eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, link ok
^^^^^^^ Huh???
# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ FIBRE ]
Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)
Link detected: yes
/Brian/
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