Re: [e1000]: flow control on by default - good idea really?

Jamal wrote:

Dell D610:
hadi@jzny2:~$ sudo lspci | grep -i bcm
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation 
NetXtreme BCM5751
Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)

This is Broadcom tg3 hardware.  Are we talking about
e1000 or tg3?

Flow control advertisement has always been on by default
on tg3 and it doesn't depend on eeprom settings.  Of course
the link partner's advertisement settings can affect the
final outcome of flow control settings on both ends.