| To: | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH]sk98lin ethtool support |
| From: | Mirko Lindner <demon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Wed, 31 Dec 2003 01:37:22 +0000 |
| Cc: | krishnakumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mlindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, felix@xxxxxxxxx |
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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 |
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