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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:17:21 -0400 (EDT)

> Wouldn't it be possible to accommodate those people with a generic 
> ethtool module that simply interpret some kernel cmdline parameters in a 
> uniform and maintainable way to apply some settings during kernel boot?

And you could even write it and maintain it somewhere if you
like for other embedded people to use. :-)

Once full featured, I'd be happy to include it.