.\" -*- nroff -*- .\" Copyright 1999 by David S. Miller. All Rights Reserved. .\" Portions Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. .\" .\" .An - list of n alternative values as in "flav vanilla|strawberry" .\" .de A1 \\fB\\$1\\fP|\\fB\\$2\\fP .. .de A2 \\fB\\$1\\fP\ \\fB\\$2\\fP|\\fB\\$3\\fP .. .de A3 \\fB\\$1\\fP\ \\fB\\$2\\fP|\\fB\\$3\\fP|\\fB\\$4\\fP .. .de A4 \\fB\\$1\\fP\ \\fB\\$2\\fP|\\fB\\$3\\fP|\\fB\\$4\\fP|\\fB\\$5\\fP .. .\" .\" .Bn - same as above but framed by square brackets .\" .de B1 [\\fB\\$1\\fP|\\fB\\$2\\fP] .. .de B2 [\\fB\\$1\\fP\ \\fB\\$2\\fP|\\fB\\$3\\fP] .. .de B3 [\\fB\\$1\\fP\ \\fB\\$2\\fP|\\fB\\$3\\fP|\\fB\\$4\\fP] .. .de B4 [\\fB\\$1\\fP\ \\fB\\$2\\fP|\\fB\\$3\\fP|\\fB\\$4\\fP|\\fB\\$5\\fP] .. .\" .\" \(*MA - mac address .\" .ds MA \fIxx\fP\fB:\fP\fIyy\fP\fB:\fP\fIzz\fP\fB:\fP\fIaa\fP\fB:\fP\fIbb\fP\fB:\fP\fIcc\fP .\" .\" \(*WO - wol flags .\" .ds WO \fBp\fP|\fBu\fP|\fBm\fP|\fBb\fP|\fBa\fP|\fBg\fP|\fBs\fP|\fBd\fP... .TH ETHTOOL 8 "September 2006" "Ethtool version 5" .SH NAME ethtool \- Display or change ethernet card settings .SH SYNOPSIS .B ethtool .I ethX .B ethtool \-h|\-\-help .B ethtool \-a|\-\-show\-pause .I ethX .B ethtool \-A|\-\-pause .I ethX .B2 autoneg on off .B2 rx on off .B2 tx on off .B ethtool \-c|\-\-show\-coalesce .I ethX .B ethtool \-C|\-\-coalesce .I ethX .B2 adaptive-rx on off .B2 adaptive-tx on off .RB [ rx-usecs .IR N ] .RB [ rx-frames .IR N ] .RB [ rx-usecs-irq .IR N ] .RB [ rx-frames-irq .IR N ] .RB [ tx-usecs .IR N ] .RB [ tx-frames .IR N ] .RB [ tx-usecs-irq .IR N ] .RB [ tx-frames-irq .IR N ] .RB [ stats-block-usecs .IR N ] .RB [ pkt-rate-low .IR N ] .RB [ rx-usecs-low .IR N ] .RB [ rx-frames-low .IR N ] .RB [ tx-usecs-low .IR N ] .RB [ tx-frames-low .IR N ] .RB [ pkt-rate-high .IR N ] .RB [ rx-usecs-high .IR N ] .RB [ rx-frames-high .IR N ] .RB [ tx-usecs-high .IR N ] .RB [ tx-frames-high .IR N ] .RB [ sample-interval .IR N ] .B ethtool \-g|\-\-show\-ring .I ethX .B ethtool \-G|\-\-set\-ring .I ethX .RB [ rx .IR N ] .RB [ rx-mini .IR N ] .RB [ rx-jumbo .IR N ] .RB [ tx .IR N ] .B ethtool \-i|\-\-driver .I ethX .B ethtool \-d|\-\-register\-dump .I ethX .B2 raw on off .B ethtool \-e|\-\-eeprom\-dump .I ethX .B2 raw on off .RB [ offset .IR N ] .RB [ length .IR N ] .B ethtool \-E|\-\-change\-eeprom .I ethX .RB [ magic .IR N ] .RB [ offset .IR N ] .RB [ value .IR N ] .B ethtool \-k|\-\-show\-offload .I ethX .B ethtool \-K\-\-offload .I ethX .B2 rx on off .B2 tx on off .B2 sg on off .B2 tso on off .B2 ufo on off .B2 gso on off .B ethtool \-p|\-\-blink .I ethX .IR [ N ] .B ethtool \-r|\-\-negotiate .I ethX .B ethtool \-S|\-\-statistics .I ethX .B ethtool \-t|\-\-test .I ethX .B1 offline online .B ethtool \-s .I ethX .B3 speed 10 100 1000 .B2 duplex half full .B4 port tp aui bnc mii fibre .B2 autoneg on off .RB [ advertise .IR N ] .RB [ phyad .IR N ] .B2 xcvr internal external .RB [ wol \ \*(WO] .RB [ sopass \ \*(MA] .RB [ msglvl .IR N ] .SH DESCRIPTION .BI ethtool is used for querying settings of an ethernet device and changing them. .I ethX is the name of the ethernet device to work on. .SH OPTIONS .B ethtool with a single argument specifying the device name prints current setting of the specified device. .TP .B \-h \-\-help shows a short help message. .TP .B \-a \-\-show\-pause queries the specified ethernet device for pause parameter information. .TP .B \-A \-\-pause change the pause parameters of the specified ethernet device. .TP .A2 autoneg on off Specify if pause autonegotiation is enabled. .TP .A2 rx on off Specify if RX pause is enabled. .TP .A2 tx on off Specify if TX pause is enabled. .TP .B \-c \-\-show\-coalesce queries the specified ethernet device for coalescing information. .TP .B \-C \-\-coalesce change the coalescing settings of the specified ethernet device. .TP .B \-g \-\-show\-ring queries the specified ethernet device for rx/tx ring parameter information. .TP .B \-G \-\-set\-ring change the rx/tx ring parameters of the specified ethernet device. .TP .BI rx \ N Change number of ring entries for the Rx ring. .TP .BI rx-mini \ N Change number of ring entries for the Rx Mini ring. .TP .BI rx-jumbo \ N Change number of ring entries for the Rx Jumbo ring. .TP .BI tx \ N Change number of ring entries for the Tx ring. .TP .B \-i \-\-driver queries the specified ethernet device for associated driver information. .TP .B \-d \-\-register\-dump retrieves and prints a register dump for the specified ethernet device. When raw is enabled, then it dumps the raw register data to stdout. .TP .B \-e \-\-eeprom\-dump retrieves and prints an EEPROM dump for the specified ethernet device. When raw is enabled, then it dumps the raw EEPROM data to stdout. The length and offset parameters allow dumping certain portions of the EEPROM. Default is to dump the entire EEPROM. .TP .B \-E \-\-change\-eeprom Changes EEPROM byte for the specified ethernet device. offset and value specify which byte and it's new value. Because of the persistent nature of writing to the EEPROM, a device-specific magic key must be specified to prevent the accidental writing to the EEPROM. .TP .B \-k \-\-show\-offload queries the specified ethernet device for offload information. .TP .B \-K \-\-offload change the offload parameters of the specified ethernet device. .TP .A2 rx on off Specify if RX checksumming is enabled. .TP .A2 tx on off Specify if TX checksumming is enabled. .TP .A2 sg on off Specify if scatter-gather is enabled. .TP .A2 tso on off Specify if tcp segmentation offload is enabled. .TP .A2 ufo on off Specify if UDP fragmentation offload is enabled .TP .A2 gso on off Specify if generic segmentation offload is enabled .TP .B \-p \-\-identify initiates adapter-specific action intended to enable an operator to easily identify the adapter by sight. Typically this involves blinking one or more LEDs on the specific ethernet port. .TP .B N Length of time to perform phys-id, in seconds. .TP .B \-r \-\-negotiate restarts auto-negotiation on the specified ethernet device, if auto-negotiation is enabled. .TP .B \-S \-\-statistics queries the specified ethernet device for NIC- and driver-specific statistics. .TP .B \-t \-\-test executes adapter selftest on the specified ethernet device. Possible test modes are: .TP .A1 offline online defines test type: .B offline (default) means to perform full set of tests possibly causing normal operation interruption during the tests, .B online means to perform limited set of tests do not interrupting normal adapter operation. .TP .B \-s \-\-change option allows changing some or all settings of the specified ethernet device. All following options only apply if .B \-s was specified. .TP .A3 speed 10 100 1000 Set speed in Mb/s. .B ethtool with single argument will show you the supported device speeds. .TP .A2 duplex half full Set full or half duplex mode. .TP .A4 port tp aui bnc mii fibre Select device port. .TP .A2 autoneg on off Specify if autonegotiation is enabled. In the usual case it is, but might cause some problems with some network devices, so you can turn it off. .TP .BI advertise \ N Set the speed and duplex advertised by autonegotiation. The argument is a hexidecimal value using one or a combination of the following values: .RS .PD 0 .TP 3 .BR "0x01" " 10 Half" .TP 3 .BR "0x02" " 10 Full" .TP 3 .BR "0x04" " 100 Half" .TP 3 .BR "0x08" " 100 Full" .TP 3 .BR "0x10" " 1000 Half" "(not supported by IEEE standards)" .TP 3 .BR "0x20" " 1000 Full" .TP 3 .BR "0x3F" " Auto" .PD .RE .TP .BI phyad \ N PHY address. .TP .A2 xcvr internal external Select transceiver type. Currently only internal and external can be specified, in the future further types might be added. .TP .BR wol \ \*(WO Set Wake-on-LAN options. Not all devices support this. The argument to this option is a string of characters specifying which options to enable. .RS .PD 0 .TP 3 .B p Wake on phy activity .TP 3 .B u Wake on unicast messages .TP 3 .B m Wake on multicast messages .TP 3 .B b Wake on broadcast messages .TP 3 .B a Wake on ARP .TP 3 .B g Wake on MagicPacket(tm) .TP 3 .B s Enable SecureOn(tm) password for MagicPacket(tm) .TP 3 .B d Disable (wake on nothing). This option clears all previous options. .PD .RE .TP .B sopass \*(MA\c Set the SecureOn(tm) password. The argument to this option must be 6 bytes in ethernet MAC hex format (\*(MA). .TP .BI msglvl \ N Set the driver message level. Meanings differ per driver. .SH BUGS Not supported (in part or whole) on all ethernet drivers. .SH AUTHOR .B ethtool was written by David Miller. Modifications by Jeff Garzik, Tim Hockin, Jakub Jelinek, Andre Majorel, Eli Kupermann, Scott Feldman, Andi Kleen. .SH AVAILABILITY .B ethtool is available over the Web on the SourceForge site at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/