On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 02:47:51PM -0700, Dustin Byford wrote:

Hi Andrew,

On Wed Jun 28 15:41, Andrew Lunn wrote:

quoted

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 03:22:39AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

quoted

On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 12:19:43 -0700, Roopa Prabhu wrote:

quoted

Encoding: Types of encoding
Off    :  Turning off any encoding
RS     :  enforcing RS-FEC encoding on supported speeds
BaseR  :  enforcing Base R encoding on supported speeds
Auto   :  IEEE defaults for the speed/medium combination

Just to be sure - does auto mean autonegotiate as defined by IEEE or
some presets?

I don't know this field very well. Is this confusion likely to happen
a lot? Is there a better name for Auto which is less likely to be
confused?

You're not the first, or the second to ask that question.  I agree it
could use clarification.

I always read auto in this context as automatic rather than autoneg.

Hi Dustin

Automatic would be better.

Thanks
	Andrew