Re: RFC: ethctl

2017-01-24 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 19 January 2017 at 19:58, Kevin Bowling wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm casting a wide net in cc, try to keep the noise minimal but we need > some input from a variety of HW vendors. > > I have heard from several vendors the need for a NIC configuration tool. > Chelsio ships a cxgb/cxgbetool in Fr

Re: RFC: ethctl

2017-01-24 Thread Borja Marcos
> On 20 Jan 2017, at 19:36, Garrett Wollman > wrote: > > In article you write: >> Eg, I don't see why we need another tool for some of this missing >> "ethtool" functionality; it seems like most of it would naturally fit >> into ifconfig. > > From the end-user perspective, I agree with Drew.

Re: RFC: ethctl

2017-01-21 Thread Hooman Fazaeli
On 2017-01-20 07:28, Kevin Bowling wrote: Greetings, I'm casting a wide net in cc, try to keep the noise minimal but we need some input from a variety of HW vendors. I have heard from several vendors the need for a NIC configuration tool. Chelsio ships a cxgb/cxgbetool in FreeBSD as one examp

Re: RFC: ethctl

2017-01-20 Thread Luigi Rizzo
To summarize Drew's comments, which I mostly agree with, and suggest a possible strategy for deployment: - Irrespective of the user-facing command (ifconfig vs ethtool), a common kernel API for the most common features is very desirable. - There are very good reasons to take inspiration from i

Re: RFC: ethctl

2017-01-20 Thread Garrett Wollman
In article you write: >Eg, I don't see why we need another tool for some of this missing >"ethtool" functionality; it seems like most of it would naturally fit >into ifconfig. >From the end-user perspective, I agree with Drew. Most of this stuff should just be part of ifconfig. >As to other fea

Re: RFC: ethctl

2017-01-20 Thread Andrew Gallatin via freebsd-net
On 01/19/2017 22:58, Kevin Bowling wrote: Greetings, I'm casting a wide net in cc, try to keep the noise minimal but we need some input from a variety of HW vendors. I have heard from several vendors the need for a NIC configuration tool. Chelsio ships a cxgb/cxgbetool in FreeBSD as one exampl

Re: RFC: ethctl

2017-01-20 Thread Stephen Hurd
Kevin Bowling wrote: I have heard from several vendors the need for a NIC configuration tool. Chelsio ships a cxgb/cxgbetool in FreeBSD as one example. There is precedence for some nod toward a basic unified tool in Linux ethtool. From your perspective, 1) What are the common requirements?