From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/24] net, diet: Make ethtool optional Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 23:11:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20140505.231140.2172378266544060318.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1399328773-6531-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1399328773-6531-10-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com, ak@linux.intel.com To: andi@firstfloor.org Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:35930 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933818AbaEFDLm (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2014 23:11:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1399328773-6531-10-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. I am not applying this.