From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C3A2CA90AF for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 15:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7184206B8 for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 15:43:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727938AbgELPnd (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2020 11:43:33 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49808 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726889AbgELPnb (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2020 11:43:31 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1695 seconds by postgrey-1.37 at lindbergh.monkeyblade.net; Tue, 12 May 2020 08:43:30 PDT Received: from smtp.tuxdriver.com (tunnel92311-pt.tunnel.tserv13.ash1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:7:9c9::2]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F290DC061A0C for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 08:43:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uucp by smtp.tuxdriver.com with local-rmail (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1jYWci-0000MI-Jz for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 11:15:12 -0400 Received: from linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com (8.15.2/8.14.6) with ESMTP id 04CFApZT623920 for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 11:10:51 -0400 Received: (from linville@localhost) by linville-x1.hq.tuxdriver.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 04CFApTT623919 for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 11:10:51 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 11:10:51 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: ethtool 5.6 released Message-ID: <20200512151051.GC615364@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org ethtool version 5.6 has been released. Home page: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ Download link: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ethtool-5.6.tar.xz Release notes: * Feature: add --debug option to control debugging messages * Feature: use named initializers in command line option list * Feature: netlink: add netlink related UAPI header files * Feature: netlink: introduce the netlink interface * Feature: netlink: message buffer and composition helpers * Feature: netlink: netlink socket wrapper and helpers * Feature: netlink: initialize ethtool netlink socket * Feature: netlink: add support for string sets * Feature: netlink: add notification monitor * Feature: netlink: add bitset helpers * Feature: netlink: partial netlink handler for gset (no option) * Feature: netlink: support getting wake-on-lan and debugging settings * Feature: netlink: add basic command line parsing helpers * Feature: netlink: add bitset command line parser handlers * Feature: netlink: add netlink handler for sset (-s) * Feature: netlink: support tests with netlink enabled * Feature: netlink: add handler for permaddr (-P) * Feature: netlink: support for pretty printing netlink messages * Feature: netlink: message format description for ethtool netlink * Feature: netlink: message format descriptions for genetlink control * Feature: netlink: message format descriptions for rtnetlink * Feature: netlink: use pretty printing for ethtool netlink messages John P.S. If you are interested in maintaining ethtool, please let me know! -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.