Why does ethtool report Transceiver external on Mellanox mlx4_en driver?
Issue
- Why does ethtool report Transceiver external on Mellanox
mlx4_endriver? - I have seen sometimes this is external and sometimes internal, is that a problem?
# ethtool ethX
Settings for ethX:
Transceiver: external
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand card
mlx4_endriver
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