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Version 6 - July 26, 2007 * Fix/security: Fix handling of statistics where the label is exactly 32 bytes (ETH_GSTRING_LEN). * Feature: Add ability to change the advertised speed/duplex to a different range of values, rather than all-or-one. * Feature: ixgb register dump support * Feature: sky2 register dump support * Feature: Fabric7 VIOC register dump support * Feature: Decode raw register dump stored in a file * Feature: Add ability to force hex register dump, if desired * Feature: update e1000 register dump * Feature: Additional 10Gbps support * Feature: Add 2.5G support * Feature: Update r8169 register dump * Feature: SMSC LAN911x/LAN921x register dump support * Cleanup: Update internal ethtool.h copy to match upstream kernel 2.6.23-rc1 version of ethtool.h. Version 5 - September 1, 2006 * Security: Avoid potential buffer overflow * Feature: GSO support * Feature: skge register dump Version 4 - July 18, 2006 * Feature: UFO support * Feature: support long options * Features: e1000, pcnet32, tg3 updates * Feature: added PPC4xx EMAC support * Feature: Use hexdump instead of single values for register dump Version 3 - January 27, 2005 * Feature: r8159 register dump support * Feature / bug fix: Support advertising gigabit ethernet * Bug fix: make sure to advertise 10baseT-HD * Other minor bug fixes. Version 2 - August 17, 2004 * Feature: ethtool register dump raw mode * Feature: return results of self-test back to OS via exit(2) * Feature: add verbose register dump for pcnet32, fec_8xx * Maintenance: update to more recent autoconf * Maintenance: minor updates to e1000-specific module * Bug fix: Remove silly restriction on ethernet interface naming Version 1.8 - July 19, 2003 * Feature: Support amd8111e register dumps * Feature: Support TSO enable/disable * Feature: Support 10 gigabit ethernet * Feature: Support writing EEPROM data * Feature: Output e100 MDI/MDI-x status in register dump * Feature: Clean up RealTek (RTL) chip output, support new chips. * Feature: More supported e1000 devices. * Bug fix: Properly set ecmd.advertising * Bug fix: Fix leaks, handle some error conditions better. Version 1.7 - October 21, 2002 * Feature: Support e100 register dumps * Feature: Support tg3 eeprom dumps * Feature: Support partial eeprom dumps (with non-zero offsets) * Feature: Support decimal/octal/hex numbers transparently, at the user's discretion. Version 1.6 - June 20, 2002 * Feature: Support e1000 register dumps * Feature: Support RealTek RTL-8139C+ and RTL-8169 register dumps * Feature: Support coalescing config (ETHTOOL_[GS]COALESCE) * Feature: Support ring param config (ETHTOOL_[GS]RINGPARAM) * Feature: Support pause param config (ETHTOOL_[GS]PAUSEPARAM) * Feature: Support physical NIC identification (ETHTOOL_PHYS_ID) * Feature: Support NIC self-testing (ETHTOOL_TEST) * Feature: Support NIC checksum/scatter-gather configuration (ETHTOOL_[GS]RXCSUM, ETHTOOL_[GS]TXCSUM, ETHTOOL_[GS]SG) Version 1.5 - Mar 4, 2002 * Fix: support usb network interfaces * Fix: include redhat spec file in autoconf build system * Fix: minor fixes to natsemi register dump * Feature: report advertised as well as supported media, when printing device settings. Version 1.4 - Nov 19, 2001 * Support builds on configurations missing SIOCETHTOOL constant. * Import ethtool.h from kernel 2.4.15-pre6. * Support retrieval/setting of per-driver debug levels (ETHTOOL G/SMSGLVL) * Support pretty-printing register dumps on natsemi, de2104x (ETHTOOL GREGS) * Support restarting autonegotiation (ETHTOOL NWAY_RST) * Support obtaining link status (ETHTOOL GLINK) Version 1.3 - Aug 02, 2001 * Support Wake-on-LAN (ETHTOOL GWOL and ETHTOOL SWOL ioctl). Version 1.2 - May 17, 2001 * Support ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO ioctl, which obtains information from the ethernet driver associated with the specified interface.