Re: ixgbe: How to do this without a module parameter?

So I realize using ethtool is a viable solution after all and the module
parameter is not needed. I'd still wish the ixgbe driver would default to full
functionality and require the users with the "bad" switches in their networks
to employ ethtool to cripple its function, but I suppose that'd be tough to
sell to Intel...

Maybe, maybe not. Quoting the above message:

This is the first time I've heard of anyone asking for 2.5G or 5G
outside of the telecom space, so we went with the option of changing
the default.

NBASE-T is no longer just telecom space. It is slowly becoming more
and more popular in general deployment.

At some point, there will be more standard conforming switches than
broken switches, and then it would make sense to enable the higher
speeds by default. Especially when everybody else is doing
NBASE-T. You see a lot of ARM SoCs with such ports, etc.

	 Andrew