autonegotiation and media converters

Folks,

I've got a question concerning media converters and autonegotiation.
Consider the following diagram (a fixed width font will help):


----------- tp ------ fiber ------ tp ------------
| switch1 |-------| MC1| ============== | MC2|--------| switch2 |
----------- ------ ------ ------------

tp - twisted pair
MC - media converter

Assume the media converters are not of the bridge variety. If switch1
were set to autonegotiate, but MC1 was not, would the link code word
be sent across the fiber link and on to switch2? Presumably if that
were true, it would be important that MC2 be configured similarly so
that switch2's link code word would propagate to switch1.

thanks for any clarity you can provide,
mb

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