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diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d6efe9 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +ethtool for Debian +------------------ + +Most settings that can be controlled through ethtool can be specified +in /etc/network/interfaces. They will then be applied to interfaces +that are brought up automatically at boot time or using the 'ifup' +command. The following settings are supported: + +Link mode (--change): + link-speed <speed> + link-duplex half|full + +Ethernet settings (--change): + ethernet-autoneg on|off|<mask> + ethernet-port <port> + ethernet-wol <mode> [<pass-key>] + +Driver control (--change): + driver-message-level <level> + +Ethernet flow control (--pause): + ethernet-pause-rx on|off + ethernet-pause-tx on|off + ethernet-pause-autoneg on|off + +Protocol offload (--offload): + offload-rx on|off + offload-tx on|off + offload-sg on|off + offload-tso on|off + offload-ufo on|off + offload-gso on|off + offload-lro on|off + (etc.) + +Hardware tuning (--coalesce, --ring): + hardware-irq-coalesce-adaptive-rx on|off + hardware-irq-coalesce-adaptive-tx on|off + hardware-irq-coalesce-rx-usecs <n> + hardware-irq-coalesce-rx-frames <n> + (etc.) + hardware-dma-ring-rx <size> + hardware-dma-ring-rx-mini <size> + hardware-dma-ring-rx-jumbo <size> + hardware-dma-ring-tx <size> + +Example: + +iface eth0 inet dhcp + link-speed 100 + link-duplex full + ethernet-autoneg off + ethernet-wol s 46:65:62:69:61:6e + + -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>, Sat, 4 Jun 2011 20:37:08 +0100 |