[Info-vax] DECnet Phase IV broken after VSI update

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 11/5/2021 7:52 PM, Rich Jordan wrote:

> VSI found it, though there's still a mystery of sorts attached.
> 
> The original system also has EIA-0 (and 1) NICs.  The EIA-0 is set to 1Gbs
> full duplex, auto negotiation disabled, and the corresponding Cisco port is
> set the same.  

> This is because they've had the system long enough that they
> experienced the bad behavior between VMS and switches doing auto negotiations
> in the dim past.

Unless they are referring back to the mid-90's when the early PCI Ethernet 
adapters on Alphas were not-so-great, that info is a bit stale.

VMS Engineering (specifically, the guy who's been writing our Ethernet drivers 
for over 30 years) has stated that auto-negotiate should always be used.

If it doesn't work, he'll fix it, or determine that the switch is non-conforming 
to the standard.

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                  -- Rob