Re: Why was the /proc info removed from e1000 ?

[Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jason Lunz wrote:
> greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
>
> > I just noticed in the latest changelog that the /proc support was
> > removed from the e1000 driver?  I always found this usefull...any
> > reason why it was deleted?
>
> shortly lower in the changelog, you'll see that the same stats are now
> availble using the standard ethtool interface. I don't know whether you
> need a new ethtool to make sense of the e1000 stats struct.
>
> Jason
It was nice to not have to have to dredge up the latest ethtool binary
in order to see the pretty stats.  However, I am glad to see more stuff
supported by the ethtool interface.

Ben

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