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Offline yvesdh

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ethtool on 5.x
« on: September 02, 2014, 04:19:39 AM »
Hello,

Could ethtool be brought over from the 4.x tree?
It's working on 5.3.


Offline Juanito

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Re: ethtool on 5.x
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2014, 02:41:20 AM »
copied over to the 5.x repo - thanks for testing/reporting

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Re: ethtool on 5.x
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2014, 03:07:07 AM »
This extension was created in 2009, upstream released it in 2007. Doesn't look a good idea to keep. Upstream is well maintained and connected to kernel too

https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
« Last Edit: September 05, 2014, 03:08:48 AM by bmarkus »
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Re: ethtool on 5.x
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2014, 04:14:52 AM »
Updated ethtool.tcz in x86 repo.
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