From 32c8037055f5fdaba9c9f401fd532c02571b66d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Garzik Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:56:48 -0400 Subject: Initial import of ethtool version 3 + a few patches. --- NEWS | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+) create mode 100644 NEWS (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e0086f --- /dev/null +++ b/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ + +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. + -- cgit v1.2.1