GigE on PowerMac G5

[Paul Mackerras]

Andreas Schwab writes:

> I suppose the NIC in the PowerMac G5 can do GigE, yet when plugged into a
> GB switch it is only willing to talk 100MB with it.  Any idea why?  Kernel
> is 2.6.16-rc5-git2.

It does 1000Mb/s here...

# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full 
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full 
        Advertised auto-negotiation: No
        Speed: 1000Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: external
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Supports Wake-on: g
        Wake-on: d
        Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
        Link detected: yes

Paul.