From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: ethtool and igb/ixgbe (kni) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:01:53 +0000 Message-ID: <20141028100153.GA12148@BRICHA3-MOBL> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org To: Kevin Wilson Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 07:49:03PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote: > Poke! > Can anybody advice about this question ? > Kevin > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Kevin Wilson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking in the file hierarchy of dpdk, and I see that under > > /dpdk-1.7.1/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool > > we have: > > igb ixgbe README > > > > My question is: why the igb and ixgbe are on this path, under ethtool > > ? are they related > > to ethtool in any way ? > > > > > > The README does not explain it. > > > > Regards, > > Kevin The code for igb and ixgbe are under that path to allow the kernel net devs created by the KNI to have ethtool support for manipulating the underlying NIC. /Bruce