From: Stefan Raspl <raspl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:57:18 +0100 > I agree, netlink would certainly be nice. But ethtool is the > de-facto standard for now, and there doesn't seem to be a > netlink-based alternative in sight - or is there? > Offering a netlink based tool seems to be a different discussion, > and if that takes shape, existing ethtool functionality (including > this series) can and should be migrated. I completely disagree, ethtool is not de-facto for anything in particular. It's suitable for some things, not suitable for others. And just because it's used for other aspects of a device's configuration doesn't mean that netlink isn't appropriate for other apsects. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
