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From: Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@jp•fujitsu.com>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp•com.au>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft•net>,
	"netdev@vger•kernel.org" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_net: implements ethtool_ops.get_drvinfo
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:20:30 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C170D9E.5090407@jp.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201006151358.12071.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

Hi Rusty,

(2010/06/15 13:28), Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:59:02 am Taku Izumi wrote:
>> This patch implements ethtool_ops.get_drvinfo interface of virtio_net driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Taku Izumi<izumi.taku@jp•fujitsu.com>
> 
> Hi Taku!
> 
>     Does this have any useful effect?

I often use "ethtool -i" command to check what driver controls the ehternet device.
But because current virtio_net driver doesn't support "ethtool -i", it becomes the
following:

	# ethtool -i eth3
	Cannot get driver information: Operation not supported

My patch simply adds the "ethtool -i" support. The following is the result when
using the virtio_net driver with my patch applied to.

	# ethtool -i eth3
	driver: virtio_net
	version: N/A
	firmware-version: N/A
	bus-info: virtio0

Personally, "-i" is one of the most frequently-used option, and
most network drivers support "ethtool -i", so I think virtio_net also should do.

Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@jp•fujitsu.com>






  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-15  5:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-11  1:29 [PATCH] virtio_net: implements ethtool_ops.get_drvinfo Taku Izumi
2010-06-15  4:28 ` Rusty Russell
2010-06-15  5:20   ` Taku Izumi [this message]
2010-06-16  1:54     ` Rusty Russell
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-08-05  3:32 Rusty Russell
2010-08-05  3:47 ` Ben Hutchings
2010-08-05  4:54   ` David Miller
2010-08-06 15:59   ` Loke, Chetan
2010-08-06 16:15     ` Ben Hutchings

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