From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934059AbaEFDOP (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2014 23:14:15 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([193.170.194.197]:42905 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933776AbaEFDON (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2014 23:14:13 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 05:14:12 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: David Miller Cc: andi@firstfloor.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com, ak@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/24] net, diet: Make ethtool optional Message-ID: <20140506031412.GN2382@two.firstfloor.org> References: <1399328773-6531-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1399328773-6531-10-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <20140505.231140.2172378266544060318.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140505.231140.2172378266544060318.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 11:11:40PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: Andi Kleen > Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 15:25:58 -0700 > > > Small embedded systems don't need ethtool, so make it optional. > > You can't do anything non-trivial with an ethernet device without > ethtool. You can configure the IP address and transmit and receive packets, and that is all a small embedded system is ever interested in. Remember these systems don't have a shell, they just run a single application that only does one thing. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.