Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ethtool: dump_registers post mortem

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:15:11 -0400

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> This patch allows:
> 	ethtool -d eth0 raw on >saved_regs
> and later
> 	ethtool -d eth0 file saved_regs
> 
> Selfish motive is to be able to take register dumps from users and
> and decode later, possibly adding more output as needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>

Would you be kind enough to roll your ethtool patches into two patches: 
  this patch, and 'more sky2 decode' patch.  I now have three sky2 
decode patches, two from 10/18 and one from 10/19.

Also, please update the man page, and possibly the -h help info, to 
indicate this enhancement.

	Jeff