> -----Original Message----- > From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 12:56 PM > To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chi Song <Song.Chi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; KY > Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger > <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx; kuba@xxxxxxxxxx; > ast@xxxxxxxxxx; daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; kafai@xxxxxx; songliubraving@xxxxxx; > yhs@xxxxxx; andriin@xxxxxx; john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx; > kpsingh@xxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-hyperv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: hyperv: Add attributes to show RX/TX > indirection table > > From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:18:11 +0000 > > > Also in some minimal installation, "ethtool" may not always be > > installed. > > This is never an argument against using the most well suited API for > exporting information to the user. > > You can write "minimal" tools that just perform the ethtool netlink > operations you require for information retrieval, you don't have to > have the ethtool utility installed. This option is being considered by us as well. Thanks, - Haiyang
