linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/24] net, diet: Make ethtool optional

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Message-Id: <20140505.231140.2172378266544060318.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 05 May 2014 23:11:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andi@...stfloor.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com, ak@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/24] net, diet: Make ethtool optional

From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Date: Mon,  5 May 2014 15:25:58 -0700

> Small embedded systems don't need ethtool, so make it optional.

You can't do anything non-trivial with an ethernet device without
ethtool.

I am not applying this.
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