Ethtool
Ethtool
https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
Ethernet diagnostic and tuning tool
ethtool is the standard Linux utility for controlling network drivers and hardware, particularly for wired Ethernet devices. It can be used to:
- Get identification and diagnostic information
- Get extended device statistics
- Control speed, duplex, autonegotiation and flow control for Ethernet devices
- Control checksum offload and other hardware offload features
- Control DMA ring sizes and interrupt moderation
- Control receive queue selection for multiqueue devices
- Upgrade firmware in flash memory
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Notes
Leaders and contributors
Contact(s) | Role |
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Ben Hutchings | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
Audience | Resource type | URI |
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Bug Tracking,Developer,Support | mailto:bwh@kernel.org | |
Python (Ref) | https://pypi.org/project/ethtool | |
Developer | VCS Repository Webview | http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/ethtool/ethtool.git |
Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ethtool |
Software prerequisites
Kind | Description |
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Required to use | Linux kernel 2.4.x or later |
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