On Sunday 04 March 2007 04:58, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Larry Finger wrote: > > Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Larry Finger wrote: > >>> Ethtool is useless for bcm43xx - remove it. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> How is GDRVINFO useless? Where does mac80211 provide equivalent > >> information? > > > > I cannot speak for mac80211, but the current implementation for SoftMAC only implements the GDRVINFO > > call. From it, you get that the driver is bcm43xx (big surprise), the kernel version (easier gotten > > by a uname -r), and the bus info. None of the operational parameters can be changed or interrogated. > > > > Is this enough to keep the ethtool interface? Because of the EOL for SoftMAC, this code will never > > be enhanced or extended. Does some userland code need this info? > > It's a highly standardized interface that provides information that's > either impossible or highly difficult to obtain elsewhere. > > If you are a userland process querying a network interface, that's the > only way to know which driver is attached, or the only way to build an > association between a PCI device and a network interface. sysfs provides all this information. -- Greetings Michael. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
