Q: speed and duplex of xn in amd64 XENHVM

[Colin Percival]

On 02/16/12 04:06, moto kawasaki wrote:
> Could you please advice me of the speed and duplex mode of the xn
> interface in XENHVM kernel (amd64)?
> With what command can I determine it ?
> 
> I am testing XenServer 5.6 SP2, and FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p6 (amd64,
> XENHVM), and ifconfig command shows me "media: Ethernet manual",
> instead of something like "media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX
> <full-duplex>)".

The xen virtual network interface is just that -- virtual.  It can run at
several Gbps but you're probably going to be limited by the host's network
interface; and there's no way to find out what that is.

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