netdev - ethtool 5.7 released

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 14:35:39 -0400
From:   "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: ethtool 5.7 released

ethtool version 5.7 has been released.

Home page: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
Download link:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ethtool-5.7.tar.xz

Release notes:

	* Feature: ethtool: Add support for Low Latency Reed Solomon
	* Fix: ethtool.c: Report transceiver correctly
	* Feature: features: accept long legacy flag names when setting features
	* Feature: refactor interface between ioctl and netlink code
	* Feature: netlink: use genetlink ops information to decide about fallback
	* Feature: netlink: show netlink error even without extack
	* Feature: ethtool: add support for newer SFF-8024 compliance codes
	* Feature: Rewrite printf() due to -Werror=format-security

This should be my last release as maintainer of ethtool. Michal
Kubecek has graciously agreed to take-on that responsibility, and I
have every confidence that he will do a great job in that capacity
for our community.

Thanks, Michal!

John
-- 
John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linville@...driver.com			might be all we have.  Be ready.