lists.openwall.net | lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC | |
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
| ||
|
Message-ID: <4BBF5D72.8010603@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:01:38 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Laurent Chavey <chavey@...gle.com> CC: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, therbert@...gle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] add ethtool loopback support On 04/09/2010 12:43 PM, Laurent Chavey wrote: > isn't the existing ETHTOOL_TEST ioctl use for something like self test ? > > the intent of this patch is to enable a mode whereby one could run > netperf / iperf and other application and have the packets sent and > received by the driver. I said "ethtool flags interface", which is ETHTOOL_[GS]FLAGS. ethtool private flags interface would also work, ETHTOOL_[GS]PFLAGS. Both are interfaces enabling user setting/clearing of 32 on/off switches (bits). Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Powered by blists - more mailing lists