Version 6.10 - August 9, 2024 * Feature: suport for PoE in PSE (--show-pse and --set-pse) * Feature: add statistics support to tsinfo (-T) * Feature: add JSON output to base command (no option) * Feature: add JSON output to EEE info (--show-eee) * Fix: qsfp: better handling on page 03h read failure (-m) * Fix: handle zero arguments for module eeprom dump (-m) * Fix: check for missing arguments in do_srxfh() (-X) * Misc: compiler warnings in "make check" * Misc: more descriptive error when JSON output is not available Version 6.9 - May 23, 2024 * Feature: support for rx-flow-hash gtp (-N) * Feature: support for RSS input transformation (-X) * Fix: typo in coalescing output (-c) * Fix: document all debugging flags in man page Version 6.7 - January 29, 2024 * Feature: support for setting TCP data split * Fix: fix new gcc14 warning * Fix: fix SFF-8472 transceiver module identification (-m) * Misc: code cleanup Version 6.6 - November 23, 2023 * Feature: support for more CMIS transceiver modules (-m) * Fix: fix build on systems with old kernel uapi headers Version 6.5 - September 12, 2023 * Feature: register dump for hns3 driver (-d) * Fix: fix fallback to ioctl for sset (-s) * Fix: fix empty slot search in rmgr (-N) Version 6.4 - July 1, 2023 * Feature: get/set Tx push buffer length (-G) * Feature: sff-8636 and cmis: report LOL / LOS / Tx Fault (-m) * Fix: fix duplex setting parser (-s) * Misc: check and require C11 language standard * Misc: clean up obsolete pre-build checks Version 6.3 - May 8, 2023 * Feature: PLCA support (--[gs]et-plca-cfg, --get-plca-status) * Feature: MAC Merge layer support (--show-mm, --set-mm) * Feature: pass source of statistics for port stats * Feature: get/set rx push in ringparams (-g and -G) * Feature: coalesce tx aggregation parameters (-c and -C) * Feature: PSE and PD devices (--show-pse, --set-pse) * Fix: minor fixes of help text (--help) * Fix: fix build on systems with older system headers * Fix: fix netlink support when PLCA is not present (no option) * Fix: fixes for issues found with gcc13 -fanalyzer * Fix: fix return code in rxclass_rule_ins (-N) * Fix: more robust argc/argv handling Version 6.2 - February 21, 2023 * Feature: link down event statistics (no option) * Feature: JSON output for coalesce (-c) * Feature: new link modes (no option) * Feature: JSON output for ring (-g) * Feature: netlink handler for RSS get (-x) * Fix: fix boolean value output in JSON output * Fix: fix build errors and warnings Version 6.1 - December 19, 2022 * Feature: update link mode tables * Feature: register dump for NXP ENETC driver (-d) * Feature: report TCP header-data split (-g) * Feature: support new message types in pretty print * Fix: fix compiler warnings * Fix: man page syntax fixes Version 6.0 - October 10, 2022 * Fix: advertisement modes autoselection by lanes (-s) Version 5.19 - August 22, 2022 * Feature: get/set tx push (-g and -G) * Feature: register dump support for TI CPSW (-d) * Feature: register dump support for lan743x chipset (-d) * Fix: fix missing sff-8472 output in netlink path (-m) * Fix: fix EEPROM byte write (-E) Version 5.18 - June 14, 2022 * Feature: get/set cqe size (-g and -G) * Fix: fix typo in man page * Fix: fix help text alignment * Fix: improve attribute label (--show-fec) Version 5.17 - April 4, 2022 * Feature: transceiver module power mode (--set-module) * Feature: transceiver module extended state (--show-module) * Feature: get/set rx buffer length (-g and -G) * Feature: tx copybreak buffer size (--get-tunable and --set-tunable) * Feature: JSON output for features (-k) * Feature: support OSFP transceiver modules (-m) * Fix: add missing free() calls (--get-tunable and --set-tunable) Version 5.16 - January 19, 2022 * Feature: use memory maps for module EEPROM parsing (-m) * Feature: show CMIS diagnostic information (-m) * Fix: fix dumping advertised FEC modes (--show-fec) * Fix: ignore cable test notifications from other devices (--cable-test) * Fix: do not show duplicate options in help text (--help) Version 5.15 - November 9, 2021 * Feature: new extended link substates for bad signal (no arg) * Feature: coalesce cqe mode attributes (-c and -C) * Fix: multiple fixes of EEPROM module data parsing (-m) * Fix: fix condition to display MDI-X info (no arg) Version 5.14 - September 12, 2021 * Feature: do not silently ignore --json if unsupported * Feature: support new message types in pretty print Version 5.13 - July 9, 2021 * Feature: netlink handler for FEC (--show-fec and --set-fec) * Feature: FEC stats support (--show-fec) * Feature: standard based stats support (-S) * Feature: netlink handler for module EEPROM dump (-m) * Feature: page, bank and i2c selection in module dump (-m) Version 5.12 - May 2, 2021 * Feature: support lanes count (no option and -s) * Fix: fix help message for master-slave parameter (-s) * Fix: better error message for master-slave in ioctl code path * Fix: get rid of compiler warnings in "make check" Version 5.10 - Dec 16, 2020 * Feature: infrastructure for JSON output * Feature: separate FLAGS in -h output * Feature: use policy dumps to check flags support * Feature: show pause stats (-a) * Feature: pretty printing of policy dumps * Feature: improve error message when SFP module is missing * Fix: use after free in netlink_run_handler() * Fix: leaked instances of struct nl_socket * Fix: improve compatibility between netlink and ioctl (-s) Version 5.9 - Oct 15, 2020 * Feature: extended link state * Feature: QSFP-DD support * Feature: tunnel information (--show-tunnels) * Feature: Broadcom bnxt support * Fix: improve compatibility between ioctl and netlink output * Fix: cable test TDR amplitude output * Fix: get rid of build warnings * Fix: null pointer dereference running against old kernel (no arg) * Fix: update link mode tables * Fix: fix memory leaks and error handling found by static analysis Version 5.8 - Aug 4, 2020 * Feature: more ethtool netlink message format descriptions * Feature: omit test-features if netlink is enabled * Feature: netlink handler for gfeatures (-k) * Feature: netlink handler for sfeatures (-K) * Feature: netlink handler for gprivflags (--show-priv-flags) * Feature: netlink handler for sprivflags (--set-priv-flags) * Feature: netlink handler for gring (-g) * Feature: netlink handler for sring (-G) * Feature: netlink handler for gchannels (-l) * Feature: netlink handler for schannels (-L) * Feature: netlink handler for gcoalesce (-c) * Feature: netlink handler for scoalesce (-C) * Feature: netlink handler for gpause (-a) * Feature: netlink handler for spause (-A) * Feature: netlink handler for geee (--show-eee) * Feature: netlink handler for seee (--set-eee) * Feature: netlink handler for tsinfo (-T) * Feature: master/slave configuration support * Feature: LINKSTATE SQI support * Feature: cable test support * Feature: cable test TDR support * Feature: JSON output for cable test commands * Feature: igc driver support * Feature: support for get/set ethtool_tunable * Feature: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add pretty dump for 88E6352 SERDES * Fix: fix build warnings * Fix: fix nest type grouping in parser * Fix: fix msgbuff_append() helper * Fix: fix unwanted switch fall through in family_info_cb() * Fix: fix netlink error message suppression * Fix: fix netlink bitmasks when sent as NOMASK * Fix: use "Not reported" when no FEC modes are provided * Fix: ioctl: do not pass transceiver value back to kernel * Fix: ethtool.spec: Add bash completion script Version 5.7 - Jun 4, 2020 * Feature: ethtool: Add support for Low Latency Reed Solomon * Fix: ethtool.c: Report transceiver correctly * Feature: features: accept long legacy flag names when setting features * Feature: refactor interface between ioctl and netlink code * Feature: netlink: use genetlink ops information to decide about fallback * Feature: netlink: show netlink error even without extack * Feature: ethtool: add support for newer SFF-8024 compliance codes * Feature: Rewrite printf() due to -Werror=format-security Version 5.6 - May 12, 2020 * Feature: add --debug option to control debugging messages * Feature: use named initializers in command line option list * Feature: netlink: add netlink related UAPI header files * Feature: netlink: introduce the netlink interface * Feature: netlink: message buffer and composition helpers * Feature: netlink: netlink socket wrapper and helpers * Feature: netlink: initialize ethtool netlink socket * Feature: netlink: add support for string sets * Feature: netlink: add notification monitor * Feature: netlink: add bitset helpers * Feature: netlink: partial netlink handler for gset (no option) * Feature: netlink: support getting wake-on-lan and debugging settings * Feature: netlink: add basic command line parsing helpers * Feature: netlink: add bitset command line parser handlers * Feature: netlink: add netlink handler for sset (-s) * Feature: netlink: support tests with netlink enabled * Feature: netlink: add handler for permaddr (-P) * Feature: netlink: support for pretty printing netlink messages * Feature: netlink: message format description for ethtool netlink * Feature: netlink: message format descriptions for genetlink control * Feature: netlink: message format descriptions for rtnetlink * Feature: netlink: use pretty printing for ethtool netlink messages Version 5.4 - January 10, 2020 * Feature: ethtool: implement support for Energy Detect Power Down * Fix: fix arithmetic on pointer to void is a GNU extension warning * Fix: fix unused parameter warnings in do_version() and show_usage() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in find_option() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in dump_eeprom() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in altera_tse_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in sfc_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in print_simple_table() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in natsemi_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in netsemi_dump_eeprom() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in ixgbe_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in realtek_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in lan78xx_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in {skge, sky2}_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in dsa_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in vmxnet3_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in st_{mac100, gmac}_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in ixgbevf_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in fec_8xx_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in tg3_dump_{eeprom, regs}() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in vioc_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in e100_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in de2104[01]_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in igb_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in e1000_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in smsc911x_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in at76c50x_usb_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in fec_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in amd8111e_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in et131x_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in ibm_emac_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in ixgb_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in fjes_dump_regs() * Fix: fix unused parameter warning in e1000_get_mac_type() * Fix: ethtool: correctly interpret bitrate of 255 * Fix: ethtool: mark 10G Base-ER as SFF-8472 revision 10.4 onwards * Fix: ethtool: add 0x16 and 0x1c extended compliance codes Version 5.3 - September 23, 2019 * Feature: igb: dump RR2DCDELAY register * Feature: dump nested registers Version 5.2 - July 25, 2019 * Feature: Add 100BaseT1 and 1000BaseT1 link modes * Feature: Use standard file location macros in ethtool.spec Version 5.1 - May 17, 2019 * Feature: Add support for 200Gbps (50Gbps per lane) link mode * Feature: simplify handling of PHY tunable downshift * Feature: add support for PHY tunable Fast Link Down * Feature: add PHY Fast Link Down tunable to man page * Feature: Add a 'start N' option when specifying the Rx flow hash indirection table. * Feature: Add bash-completion script * Feature: add 10000baseR_FEC link mode name * Fix: qsfp: fix special value comparison * Feature: move option parsing related code into function * Feature: move cmdline_coalesce out of do_scoalesce * Feature: introduce new ioctl for per-queue settings * Feature: support per-queue sub command --show-coalesce * Feature: support per-queue sub command --coalesce * Fix: fix up dump_coalesce output to match actual option names * Feature: fec: add pretty dump Version 5.0 - March 13, 2019 * Feature: don't report UFO on kernels v4.14 and above * Fix: zero initialize coalesce struct * Feature: dsa: add pretty dump * Feature: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add pretty dump * Feature: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add pretty dump for 88E6185 * Feature: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add pretty dump for 88E6161 * Feature: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add pretty dump for 88E6352 * Feature: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add pretty dump for 88E6390 * Feature: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add pretty dump for others Version 4.19 - November 2, 2018 * Feature: support combinations of FEC modes * Feature: better syntax for combinations of FEC modes * Fix: Fix uninitialized variable use at qsfp dump Version 4.18 - August 24, 2018 * Feature: Add support for WAKE_FILTER (WoL using filters) * Feature: Add support for action value -2 (wake-up filter) * Fix: document WoL filters option also in help message * Feature: ixgbe dump strings for security registers Version 4.17 - June 15, 2018 * Fix: In ethtool.8, remove superfluous and incorrect \c. * Fix: fix uninitialized return value * Fix: fix RING_VF assignment * Fix: remove unused global variable * Fix: several fixes in do_gregs() * Fix: correctly free hkey when get_stringset() fails * Fix: remove unreachable code * Fix: fix stack clash in do_get_phy_tunable and do_set_phy_tunable * Feature: Add register dump support for MICROCHIP LAN78xx Version 4.16 - April 13, 2018 * Feature: add support for extra RSS contexts and RSS steering filters * Feature: Document RSS context control and RSS filters * Fix: don't fall back to grxfhindir when context was specified * Fix: correct display of VF when showing vf/queue filters * Fix: show VF and queue in the help for -N * Fix: correct VF index values for the ring_cookie parameter * Feature: Add SFF 8636 date code parsing support Version 4.15 - February 1, 2018 * Feature: Support for FEC encoding control * Fix: Fix coding style warnings and errors reported by checkpatch * Feature: Add extended compliance codes parsing to sfp modules * Fix: Revert "ethtool: Add DMA Coalescing support" * Feature: Add ETHTOOL_RESET support via --reset command * Fix: fix MFLCN register dump for 82599 and newer Version 4.13 - October 27, 2017 * Fix: Do not return error code if no changes were attempted. * Fix: Fix formatting of advertise bitmask * Feature: Document 56000 advertise link modes * Fix: fix the rx vs tx mixup in set channel message * Feature: add support for HWTSTAMP_FILTER_NTP_ALL * Feature: Add DMA Coalescing support * Feature: Remove UDP Fragmentation Offload error prints * Feature: stmmac: Add macros for number of registers * Feature: stmmac: Add DMA HW Feature Register Version 4.11 - June 2, 2017 * Feature: Support for configurable RSS hash function * Feature: support queue and VF fields for rxclass filters * Feature: Add support for 2500baseT/5000baseT link modes * Fix: Fix SFF 8079 cable technology bit parsing * Fix: sync help output for -x/-X with man page Version 4.10 - March 24, 2017 * Fix: Fix the "advertise" parameter logic. * Feature: Implement ETHTOOL_PHY_GTUNABLE/ETHTOOL_PHY_STUNABLE and PHY downshift * Feature: add register dump support for fjes driver (-d option) Version 4.8 - October 3, 2016 * Feature: QSFP Plus/QSFP28 Diagnostics Information Support * Feature: Enhancing link mode bits to support 25G/50G/100G * Feature: add support for 1000BaseX and missing 10G link mode * Fixes: address Coverity issues 1363118 - 1363125 Version 4.6 - June 26, 2016 * Feature: Support register dump on Intel X550 NICs (-d option) * Fix: Correct some reported register offsets on Intel 10GbE NICs (-d option) * Feature: Add IPv6 support to NFC (-n, -N, -u and -U options) * Feature: Add support for ETHTOOL_xLINKSETTINGS ioctls (no option and -s option) * Feature: Use netlink socket when AF_INET not available Version 4.5 - March 14, 2016 * Tests: Fix missing function declarations when building tests * Tests: Fix return type of test_free() prorotype * Feature: Add PHY statistics support (--phy-statistics option) * Doc: Properly indent sub-options in man page * Feature: Support setting default Rx flow indirection table (-X option) * Fix: Use 'sane' kernel type definitions on 64-bit architectures * Fix: Don't ignore fread() return value (-d option) * Fix: Heap corruption when dumping registers from a file (-d option) * Fix: Stricter input validation for EEPROM setting (-E option) * Fix: Fix strict-aliasing compiler warnings in marvell.c * Tests: Fix use of uninitialised variable in test_realloc() * Tests: Fix compiler warning in test-features.c Version 4.2 - October 9, 2015 * Feature: Support soldered-on modules in module EEPROM dump (-m option) * Feature: Add register dump support for VMware vmxnet3 (-d option) * Feature: Update register dump support for IBM EMAC (-d option) (requires Linux 4.3 or a future stable update to 4.1 or 4.2) * Doc: Fix typo in man page Version 4.0 - May 31, 2015 * Fix: Formatting of RX flow hash indirection table when size not divisible by 8 (-x option) * Fix: Add missing Advertised speeds (no option and -s option) * Feature: Add support to get expansion ROM version (-i option) * Feature: Include SFP serial number and date in EEPROM dump (-m option) Version 3.18 - December 14, 2014 * Fix: Lookup of SFP Tx bias in SFF-8472 module diagnostics (-m option) * Fix: Build with musl by using more common typedefs Version 3.16 - September 22, 2014 * Feature: Support for configurable RSS hash key (-x/-X options) Version 3.15 - July 20, 2014 * Feature: Add register dump support for Altera Triple Speed Ethernet (-d option) Version 3.14 - April 21, 2014 * Fix: Report Backplane as supported port (no option) * Feature: Allow building a smaller executable without pretty- printing of register/EEPROM dumps (./configure --disable-pretty-dump) * Fix: Typo in channel parameter format in an error message (-L option) Version 3.13 - January 27, 2014 * Doc: Update GPL text to include current address of the FSF * Fix: Spelling fixes * Doc: Fix advertising flag values in manual page for 20G link modes, and add missing 1G, 10G and 40G link modes Version 3.12.1 - November 8, 2013 * Fix: Memory corruption when applying external calibration to SFF-8472 module diagnostics (-m option) * Feature: Add Intel 82599 and x540 DCB registers to dump (-d option) Version 3.12 - November 7, 2013 * Fix: Remove alternate method to check for VLAN tag offload on Linux < 2.6.37 (-k/-K options) * Fix: Hide state of VLAN tag offload and LRO if the kernel is too old for us to reliably detect them (-k option) * Feature: Add register dump support for Solarflare SFC9100 family (-d option) Version 3.11 - September 12, 2013 * Feature: Update Realtek chip list for register dump to match r8169 driver in Linux 3.11 (-d option) * Feature: Add ixgbevf support for register dump (-d option) * Feature: Filter ixgbe register dump according to the specific chip (-d option) Version 3.10 - July 1, 2013 * Feature: Beautify private flags print (--show-priv-flags option) Version 3.9 - April 30, 2013 * Feature: Display support for 10000BASE-KR link mode (no options) * Feature: Add support for new versions of ixgbe register dump (-d dump) Version 3.8 - February 28, 2013 * Feature: Allow setting destination MAC address in L3/L4 flow spec rules (-N/-U option) * Fix: Show full 64 bits of user-data (-n/-u option) * Fix: Add version check for et131x regs (-d option) * Doc: Improve description of -f, -t, -s, -N/-U, -W options in man page * Fix: Restore 20000baseKR2 cap display (no options) Version 3.7 - December 13, 2012 * Fix: Gracefully handle failure of register pretty-printer (-d option) * Feature: Add support for et131x registers (-d option) * Feature: Basic optical diagnostics for SFF-8472 modules (-m option) Version 3.6 - October 5, 2012 * Feature: Allow setting MDI-X state (-s option) * Fix: Preserve pause advertising bits when setting speed and duplex with autoneg on (-s option) * Fix: Don't call ioctl to set EEE parameters if they are the same as the current parameters (--set-eee option) Version 3.5 - August 2, 2012 * Feature: Display support for 1000BASE-KX and 10GBASE-KX4 link modes * Feature: Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) configuration (--show-eee and --set-eee options) * Fix: Don't trust drivers to null-terminate strings * Feature: Display support for 40G link modes * Package: Update RPM summary, description and URL * Package: Exclude redundant documentation from RPM Version 3.4.2 - July 16, 2012 * Fix: Fix regression in RX NFC rule insertion for drivers that do not select rule locations (-N/-U option) * Fix: Remove bogus error message when changing offload settings on Linux < 2.6.39 (-K option) * Fix: Use alternate method to check for VLAN tag offload on Linux < 2.6.37 (-k option) Version 3.4.1 - June 13, 2012 * Fix: Work around failure of ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO for unprivileged users (-k option) * Fix: Report any unexpected error code from ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO (-k and -K options) * Doc: Fix the date of the man page to match the last update Version 3.4 - June 8, 2012 * Cleanup: Merge RX NFC options * Doc: Improve description of RX NFC options * Doc: Add ntuple to the -K option in the man page * Feature: Show time stamping capabilities (-T option) * Feature: Dump plug-in module EEPROM (-m option) * Feature: Show and change all generic net device features (-k and -K options) Version 3.2 - January 12, 2012 * Feature: Add support for querying and setting private flags (--show-priv-flags, --set-priv-flags options) * Feature: Omit zero values in Solarflare register tables (-d option) * Feature: Allow driver to select RX NFC rule location (-U option) * Fix: Correct register dump offsets for Intel 82575 chipsets (-d option) Version 3.1 - November 16, 2011 * Fix: Show all non-zero registers for tg3 (-d option) * Feature: Add support for external loopback test (-t option) * Fix: Show correct flow control registers for Intel 82599 (-d option) * Feature: Add support for reporting and configuring numbers of channels/queues (-l and -L options) * Feature: Report pause frame autonegotiation result (-a option) * Doc: Change device name metavariable from 'ethX' to 'devname' * Doc: Fix various layout problems * Cleanup: Reorganise and add test cases for argument parsing * Fix: Strictly check for extraneous or missing arguments; in particular, fail if the device name is missing Version 3.0 - August 4, 2011 * Feature: Report supported pause frame modes * Feature: Support firmware dump (-w and -W options) * Feature: Report advertised and supported 20G link modes * Feature: Add an 'l4data' option for ip4 filters (-U option) * Fix: Correct swapped h_source and h_dest fields for ether filters (-U option) * Fix: Set ip_ver field correctly for ip4 filters (-U option) * Fix: Correct parameter validation for -e and -E options; in particular, treat the 'magic' value as unsigned Version 2.6.39 - June 1, 2011 * Feature: Report some driver features (-i option) * Doc: Remove misleading 'Auto' advertising mask from manual page * Doc: Improve table formatting on manual page, using tbl * Doc: Remove initial blank page in printed manual page * Doc: Fix line-wrapping of options * Feature: Add support for ESP as a separate protocol from AH (-n, -N, -u and -U options) * Cleanup: Remove support for showing RX n-tuple settings (-u option), which was never implemented correctly in the kernel * Feature: Add support for RX network flow classifier (NFC) (-u and -U options) * Feature: Add support for e1000 M88 PHY registers (-d option) * Cleanup: Change bug-address to netdev Version 2.6.38 - March 15, 2011 * Doc: Fix spelling and spacing in online help * Doc: Update date, version and web site reference in manual page * Doc: Fix spelling, capitalisation, consistency and style in manual page * Doc: Generalise some references to network devices rather than Ethernet devices * Fix: Don't silently ignore speed/duplex when autoneg is on * Fix: Report an error (rather than full usage information) if given an unrecognised option * Feature: Add --version option Version 2.6.37 - January 5, 2011 * Fix: Build fix for distributions with kernel headers from Linux 2.6.9 or earlier Version 2.6.36 - November 16, 2010 * Fix: RX n-tuple masks and documentation * Feature: Ethernet-level RX n-tuple filtering and 'clear' action * Feature: stmmac register dump support * Feature: get permanent address (-P) option * Feature: VLAN acceleration control Version 2.6.35 - August 10, 2010 * Feature: sfc register dump support * Feature: improve cmd line parsing of ints, IPv4 addresses * Feature: support ethtool named flags, messaging types * Feature: minor man page fixes * Feature: control RX flow hash indirection Version 2.6.34 - May 26, 2010 * Feature: Support n-tuple filter programming * Feature: Support rx hashing, v2 (targetted for 2.6.35) * Feature: Add names of newer Marvell chips Version 2.6.33 - February 24, 2010 This version introduces a new release numbering scheme, based on the latest upstream kernel interface supported. * Fix: several man page corrections * Feature: rx flow hash configuration * Feature: report 10000baseT support, where available * Feature: report MDI-X status, pause auto-neg, link partner adverts * Feature: support additional port types * Feature: support arbitrary speeds, faster than 65535 Mb * Feature: large and generic receive offload (LRO, GRO) support * Feature: option to flash firmware image from specified file * Feature: support for block writing of EEPROMs * Feature: marvell register dump update * Feature: at76c50x-usb, e1000e, igb, ixgbe, r8169 register dump support * Cleanup: remove support for RX hashing by port (was removed in kernel by 59089d8d162ddcb5c434672e915331964d38a754) * Doc: Explicitly ship GPLv2 license, rather than relying on autotools to supply it for us (autotools started auto-installing GPLv3 recently) Version 6 - July 26, 2007 * Fix/security: Fix handling of statistics where the label is exactly 32 bytes (ETH_GSTRING_LEN). * Feature: Add ability to change the advertised speed/duplex to a different range of values, rather than all-or-one. * Feature: ixgb register dump support * Feature: sky2 register dump support * Feature: Fabric7 VIOC register dump support * Feature: Decode raw register dump stored in a file * Feature: Add ability to force hex register dump, if desired * Feature: update e1000 register dump * Feature: Additional 10Gbps support * Feature: Add 2.5G support * Feature: Update r8169 register dump * Feature: SMSC LAN911x/LAN921x register dump support * Cleanup: Update internal ethtool.h copy to match upstream kernel 2.6.23-rc1 version of ethtool.h. Version 5 - September 1, 2006 * Security: Avoid potential buffer overflow * Feature: GSO support * Feature: skge register dump Version 4 - July 18, 2006 * Feature: UFO support * Feature: support long options * Features: e1000, pcnet32, tg3 updates * Feature: added PPC4xx EMAC support * Feature: Use hexdump instead of single values for register dump Version 3 - January 27, 2005 * Feature: r8159 register dump support * Feature / bug fix: Support advertising gigabit ethernet * Bug fix: make sure to advertise 10baseT-HD * Other minor bug fixes. Version 2 - August 17, 2004 * Feature: ethtool register dump raw mode * Feature: return results of self-test back to OS via exit(2) * Feature: add verbose register dump for pcnet32, fec_8xx * Maintenance: update to more recent autoconf * Maintenance: minor updates to e1000-specific module * Bug fix: Remove silly restriction on ethernet interface naming Version 1.8 - July 19, 2003 * Feature: Support amd8111e register dumps * Feature: Support TSO enable/disable * Feature: Support 10 gigabit ethernet * Feature: Support writing EEPROM data * Feature: Output e100 MDI/MDI-x status in register dump * Feature: Clean up RealTek (RTL) chip output, support new chips. * Feature: More supported e1000 devices. * Bug fix: Properly set ecmd.advertising * Bug fix: Fix leaks, handle some error conditions better. Version 1.7 - October 21, 2002 * Feature: Support e100 register dumps * Feature: Support tg3 eeprom dumps * Feature: Support partial eeprom dumps (with non-zero offsets) * Feature: Support decimal/octal/hex numbers transparently, at the user's discretion. Version 1.6 - June 20, 2002 * Feature: Support e1000 register dumps * Feature: Support RealTek RTL-8139C+ and RTL-8169 register dumps * Feature: Support coalescing config (ETHTOOL_[GS]COALESCE) * Feature: Support ring param config (ETHTOOL_[GS]RINGPARAM) * Feature: Support pause param config (ETHTOOL_[GS]PAUSEPARAM) * Feature: Support physical NIC identification (ETHTOOL_PHYS_ID) * Feature: Support NIC self-testing (ETHTOOL_TEST) * Feature: Support NIC checksum/scatter-gather configuration (ETHTOOL_[GS]RXCSUM, ETHTOOL_[GS]TXCSUM, ETHTOOL_[GS]SG) Version 1.5 - Mar 4, 2002 * Fix: support usb network interfaces * Fix: include redhat spec file in autoconf build system * Fix: minor fixes to natsemi register dump * Feature: report advertised as well as supported media, when printing device settings. Version 1.4 - Nov 19, 2001 * Support builds on configurations missing SIOCETHTOOL constant. * Import ethtool.h from kernel 2.4.15-pre6. * Support retrieval/setting of per-driver debug levels (ETHTOOL G/SMSGLVL) * Support pretty-printing register dumps on natsemi, de2104x (ETHTOOL GREGS) * Support restarting autonegotiation (ETHTOOL NWAY_RST) * Support obtaining link status (ETHTOOL GLINK) Version 1.3 - Aug 02, 2001 * Support Wake-on-LAN (ETHTOOL GWOL and ETHTOOL SWOL ioctl). Version 1.2 - May 17, 2001 * Support ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO ioctl, which obtains information from the ethernet driver associated with the specified interface.