ethtool for Debian ------------------ ethtool is a small utility for examining and tuning your ethernet-based network interface. See the man page for more details. Note: as of nov. 2004, this file is quite out of date (need to be synchronized on kernel sources). 2.4 kernel support for ETHTOOL protocol --------------------------------------- Informations shown below were extracted from 2.4.18 kernel sources. Please, report back to me misinterpretation of it contents. Last column show current capabilities of these drivers: D = get driver infos C = get/set card settings W = get/set wake-on-lan settings M = get/set message-level L = get link status R = restart autonegotiation G = get registers P = get EEPROM An 'x' indicates that the feature is available, a '.' indicates not. Ethernet card family linux driver DCWMLRGP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Com 3c501 cards 3c501 x..x.... 3Com 3c503 and 3c503/16 cards 3c503 x....... 3Com Etherlink Plus (3C505) cards 3c505 x..x.... 3Com EtherLink16 (3c507) cards 3c507 x..x.... 3Com EtherLink3 (3c509) cards 3c509 x..x.... 3Com ISA EtherLink XL (3c515) cards 3c515 x..x.... 3Com Etherlink/MC (3c523) cards (i82586) 3c523 x....... 3Com Etherlink/MC32 (3c527) cards 3c527 x..x.... 3Com "Vortex" and "Boomerang" series 3c59x x....... RealTek RTL-8139C+ Ethernet cards 8139cp xx.xxx.. RealTek RTL-8139 Fast Ethernet 8139too xxxxxx.. Alteon AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet acenic .x...... Davicom DM9102* NIC Fast Ethernet dfme x....... Intel i82544EI Gigabit Ethernet e1000 x....... Intel i82557-559 Ethernet cards eepro100 x....... SMC 83c170 EPIC/100 Fast Ethernet epic100 xx.xxx.. Myson MTD-8xx 100/10M Ethernet PCI fealnx xx.xxx.. Packet Engines GNIC-II Gigabit Ethernet hamachi x....... SGI's IOC3 based Ethernet cards ioc3-eth .x...... NatSemi DP8381x series natsemi xxxxxxxx NE2000 clone on PCI bus ne2k-pci x....... National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 ns83820 x...x... AMD PCnet32 ethernet cards pcnet32 xx.xxx.. SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet sis900 x....... Adaptec Starfire starfire xx.xxx.. Sundance ST201 "Alta" sundance x....... Sun GEM Gbit ethernet sungem xx.xx... SUN Happy Meal (BigMac) Ethernet sunhme .x...... Digital 21*4* Tulip ethernet cards tulip x....... VIA Rhine PCI Fast Ethernet via-rhine xx.xxx.. Winbond W89c840 PCI Ethernet winbond-840 xx.xxx.. Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet yellowfin x....... PCMCIA Ethernet card family linux driver DCWMLRGP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3com 3c589 PCMCIA ethernet cards 3c589_cs x..x.... Aironet 4500 Pcmcia ethernet cards aironet4500_cs x..x.... fmvj18x (and compatibles) PCMCIA cards fmvj18x_cs x..x.... Netwave AirSurfer Wireless LAN PC Card netwave_cs x..x.... New Media PCMCIA ethernet cards nmclan_cs x..x.... Xircom CBE-100 ethernet cards xircom_tulip_cb xx...... -- Eric Delaunay