Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Adapter • Diagnostic User’s Guide
-e
Enable E-switch, B57diag override the hardware manual switch.
-f
Forbid software E-Switch, but hardware eswitch works. Without this
option, PHY loopback test, external loopback test (pkttest -e), and
carrier test are performed on both laptop mode and docking mode.
With this option, above tests are performed on the default port.
-m
internal engineering manual switch and MAC test
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