From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mirko Lindner Subject: Re: [PATCH]sk98lin ethtool support Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 01:37:22 +0000 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3FF22852.3060101@pro-linux.de> References: <1072779867.3632.38.camel@l5ac210.l5.laser5.co.jp> <3FF16F18.7060303@pro-linux.de> <3FF19659.8030408@pobox.com> <3FF22333.2070004@pro-linux.de> <3FF2170D.5070302@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: krishnakumar@naturesoft.net, mlindner@syskonnect.de, netdev@oss.sgi.com, felix@allot.com Return-path: To: Jeff Garzik In-Reply-To: <3FF2170D.5070302@pobox.com> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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