------- Comment From gpicc...@br.ibm.com 2017-05-16 10:31 EDT------- (In reply to comment #12) > I thought ethtool is obsolete =/ I don't use it at all > > Instead of it shouldn't one be using iproute2? Is there functionality that > is missing and e.g. not documented at http://baturin.org/docs/iproute2/ ?
I might be wrong, but I _think_ iproute2 focus is to 'replace' ifconfig and route tools. ethtool on the other hand is more config/stat/test tool. It allows to show stats, configure features on adapters, check firmware (and even update it sometimes), and do link tests. Cheers, Guilherme -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1690228 Title: Make ethtool installed by default in Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1690228/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
