netdev - ethtool TODO list - additional info

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Date:	Tue, 5 Jul 2016 10:37:42 -0500
From:	Jorge Alberto Garcia <jorge.garcia.gonzalez@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: ethtool TODO list - additional info

Hi !

Some days ago, Jiri Pirko was talking about some next steps to
implement for ethtool.

 I haven't seen any follow up since ethtool's maintainer change. Can we have
additional details about these ?

- libethtool - API
- generic netlink
- sub commands syntax
- TODO/bugzilla


On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:

>>> I was thinking of adding a TODO file to the repository, but it's really
>>> for the new maintainer to decide what to do.  So here's my list as a
>>> suggestion:
>>>
>>> * Add regression test coverage for all sub-commands with complex logic
>>>
>>> * Internationalise output and error messages
>>>
>>> * Build a libethtool that handles all the API quirks and fallbacks for
>>>   old kernel versions.  This might help people writing language
>>>   bindings or other utilities that use the ethtool API.
>>>
>>> * Provide a 'cleaned up' ethtool (under some other name) that has:
>>>   - More conventional sub-command syntax, i.e. no '-'/'--' prefix
>>>   - More consistent output formatting
>>
>>That seems like a reasonable start for a TODO list. I'll bet there
>>are a few people out there with other suggestions as well...?
>
> Before that, I would like to see ethtool migrate to use generic
> netlink. Then, the new tool would be needed anyway, should exist within
> iproute2 package and have similar command line syntax.
>
> I have some ideas about the gennetlink ethtool, have to find some time
> to implement some initial part of it.