kern/155113: [re] 'media auto' does not work

[yongari at FreeBSD.org]

Synopsis: [re] 'media auto' does not work

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: yongari
State-Changed-When: Wed Mar 2 17:47:23 UTC 2011
State-Changed-Why: 
Not a bug. You need 4 pairs(all 8 pins) to establish a gigabit
link. You may argue PHY should do downshifting to find next 
available speed as well as correcting pin polarities. This feature
is PHY specific one and I think RealTek PHYs do not support
automatic downshifting.


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-net->yongari
Responsible-Changed-By: yongari
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Mar 2 17:47:23 UTC 2011
Responsible-Changed-Why: 
Track.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=155113