Re: [PATCH]sk98lin ethtool support

["Feldman, Scott" <scott.feldman@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Mirko Lindner wrote:

> > 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.

If the tool reports the results of running the h/w checks, then you can 
use ETHTOOL_TEST.  The summary results of all the tests is reported as 
PASS/FAIL.  Not sure if your tool needs to do more...

-scott