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ethtool version 2 released

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Subject: ethtool version 2 released
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:26:57 -0400
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Just released a small update to ethtool, version 2, posted at

        http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/

Like its cousin "blktool", ethtool now has a simplified version scheme, an ascending number.

For those unfamiliar with ethtool, it is a utility designed to configure specific features founds on most ethernet cards.

Summary of changes (mainly the new version scheme):

        * Feature: ethtool register dump raw mode
        * Feature: return results of self-test back to OS via exit(2)
        * Feature: add verbose register dump for pcnet32, fec_8xx
        * Maintenance: update to more recent autoconf
        * Maintenance: minor updates to e1000-specific module
        * Bug fix: Remove silly restriction on ethernet interface naming



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