From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: ethtool maintenance Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:30:14 +0000 Message-ID: <1289658614.2816.105.camel@localhost> References: <4CDE502D.6000506@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: NetDev , David Miller , Peter Martuccelli To: Jeff Garzik Return-path: Received: from mail.solarflare.com ([216.237.3.220]:58146 "EHLO exchange.solarflare.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752702Ab0KMOc6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:32:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4CDE502D.6000506@garzik.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 03:45 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > So, a recent emergency surgery has really set me back, work-wise. > ethtool [the userspace utility] 2.6.36 is still not out, and personally > it remains a third or fourth priority. > > While it's likely that I could get back to ethtool's patch queue next > week, it continues to be low man on the totem pole. Seems only fair to > see if anyone else is interested in maintaining it. > > I emailed Ben Hutchings privately about this, but haven't heard back, so > I thought I'd go ahead and email the list. > > Anyone interested? I am interested, but will need to clear it with my boss before making such a commitment. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.