Re: [PATCH 0/2] Display adjacent switch port's attributes

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From: Stefan Raspl <raspl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:57:18 +0100

> I agree, netlink would certainly be nice. But ethtool is the
> de-facto standard for now, and there doesn't seem to be a
> netlink-based alternative in sight - or is there?
> Offering a netlink based tool seems to be a different discussion,
> and if that takes shape, existing ethtool functionality (including
> this series) can and should be migrated.

I completely disagree, ethtool is not de-facto for anything in
particular.  It's suitable for some things, not suitable for
others.

And just because it's used for other aspects of a device's
configuration doesn't mean that netlink isn't appropriate for other
apsects.
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