Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 May 2014 05:14:12 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 09/24] net, diet: Make ethtool optional |
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On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 11:11:40PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> > Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 15:25:58 -0700 > > > Small embedded systems don't need ethtool, so make it optional. > > You can't do anything non-trivial with an ethernet device without > ethtool.
You can configure the IP address and transmit and receive packets, and that is all a small embedded system is ever interested in.
Remember these systems don't have a shell, they just run a single application that only does one thing.
-Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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