disable flow control on NIC card - linux

HI,

redhat FC4, boradcom NIC

eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok


how do you disable flow control?

Thanx!

In comp.os.linux.networking googleatpilotsuppliescom <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> HI,

> redhat FC4, boradcom NIC
> eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok

> how do you disable flow control?

Why?

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for testing purposes.


Michael Heiming wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.networking googleatpilotsuppliescom <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> > HI,
>
> > redhat FC4, boradcom NIC
> > eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
>
> > how do you disable flow control?
>
> Why?
>
> --
> Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
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In comp.os.linux.networking googleatpilotsuppliescom <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> Michael Heiming wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.networking googleatpilotsuppliescom <(E-Mail Removed)>:
>> > HI,

>> > redhat FC4, boradcom NIC
>> > eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok

>> > how do you disable flow control?

>> Why?

> for testing purposes.

Hint:

man modinfo

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