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From: Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz@hhi.fraunhofer.de>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Preferred method for configuration
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:56:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <520332F4.5020206@hhi.fraunhofer.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1375940480.2424.135.camel@joe-AO722>

Resent with list in CC.

Am 08.08.2013 07:41, schrieb Joe Perches:
> On Thu, 2013-08-08 at 07:32 +0200, Thomas Martitz wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm developing a NIC driver and currently export some custom
>> configuration settings and actions (e.g. enabling a loopback mode) via
>> sysfs.
>
> Is there some reason you don't want to use ethtool?
>
>

It doesn't allow for custom settings does it? For standards stuff I'm 
sure going to use ethtool.

Best regards.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-08  5:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-08  5:32 Preferred method for configuration Thomas Martitz
2013-08-08  5:41 ` Joe Perches
2013-08-08  5:56   ` Thomas Martitz [this message]
2013-08-08  9:44     ` Ben Hutchings
2013-08-08 16:01     ` Stephen Hemminger
2013-08-13 12:13       ` Thomas Martitz

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