[meta-freescale] imx6q: force 100 mbps network

[Prasant J]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:

> On 2014-02-26 05:03, Prasant J wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using linux-3.0.35 on my custom hardware (uses imx6 quad) based on
> sabresd platform. I'm using yocto root filesystem (this is a soft float
> build).
> >
> > I want to force my system to use 100 mbps ethernet speed even if the
> network supports 1000 mbps link. How can I enable this ?
> >
> > My custom hardware uses Micrel's Gigabit Ethernet PHY KSZ9021RNI.
> >
> > I can change the network speed (by ssh-ing into the linux system) using:
> > ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100
> > but I want network speed of 100 mbps when network is initialized during
> startup.
> >
> > Any inputs will be of help.
>
> If you are using init-ifupdown to manage the network, you can
> change /etc/network/interfaces to look something like this:
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>       pre-up ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off
>

Hi Gary,

That will help.
I guess the same will work when I configure staticip by modifying the
/etc/network/interfaces file.

I will try this one. Thanks once again!

-Pj
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