From: Mirko Lindner <demon@pro-linux.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: krishnakumar@naturesoft.net, mlindner@syskonnect.de,
netdev@oss.sgi.com, felix@allot.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]sk98lin ethtool support
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 01:37:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FF22852.3060101@pro-linux.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FF2170D.5070302@pobox.com>
Jeff,
> Well, understood, but we don't need vendor-specific, non-standard
> statistics when there is a standard method to export these statistics
> (ETHTOOl_GSTATS).
I agree with you.
> Make sure you don't duplicate any ethtool functions. We don't need a
> NIC-specific diag tool either ;-) ethtool is the preferred method
> moving forward, as it's already shipping in most Linux distros.
Yes, we need it ;) No kidding! This is not a tool for SW checks like
media, link or driver version checks, but a tool for HW checks like
register, PROM, MAC, PHY and some other chip and card checks. The
ethtool is a great tool, but the intention of this tool is not the same.
Mirko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-31 1:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-30 10:24 [PATCH]sk98lin ethtool support Krishnakumar. R
2003-12-30 12:27 ` Mirko Lindner
2003-12-30 12:29 ` Felix Radensky
2003-12-30 15:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-12-31 1:15 ` Mirko Lindner
2003-12-31 0:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-12-31 1:37 ` Mirko Lindner [this message]
[not found] <C6F5CF431189FA4CBAEC9E7DD5441E0103424AA4@orsmsx402.jf.intel.com>
2004-01-02 8:00 ` Feldman, Scott
2004-01-02 14:23 ` Mirko Lindner
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