From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ethtool: dump_registers post mortem Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:15:11 -0400 Message-ID: <453A63AF.1010505@pobox.com> References: <20061018104632.27a37d75@freekitty> <20061018105022.57b57b6a@freekitty> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:13036 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1766641AbWJUSPO (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:15:14 -0400 To: Stephen Hemminger In-Reply-To: <20061018105022.57b57b6a@freekitty> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Stephen Hemminger wrote: > This patch allows: > ethtool -d eth0 raw on >saved_regs > and later > ethtool -d eth0 file saved_regs > > Selfish motive is to be able to take register dumps from users and > and decode later, possibly adding more output as needed. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Would you be kind enough to roll your ethtool patches into two patches: this patch, and 'more sky2 decode' patch. I now have three sky2 decode patches, two from 10/18 and one from 10/19. Also, please update the man page, and possibly the -h help info, to indicate this enhancement. Jeff