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Description: display or change Ethernet device settings
ethtool can be used to query and change settings such as speed, auto-
negotiation and checksum offload on many network devices, especially
Ethernet devices.
Description: Display or change ethernet card settings
ethtool is used for querying settings of an ethernet device and changing them.
.
Many ethernet drivers in 2.4 or newer kernel can be queried and tuned using
ethtool.
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However, backward compatibility is ensured on 2.2 kernel running Sparc with
SUN Happy Meal (hme) Ethernet card.
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-display or change Ethernet device settings
+Display or change ethernet card settings
- ethtool can be used to query and change settings such as speed, auto-
+ ethtool is used for querying settings of an ethernet device and changing them.
- negotiation and checksum offload on many network devices, especially
+ .
- Ethernet devices.
+ Many ethernet drivers in 2.4 or newer kernel can be queried and tuned using
+ ethtool.
+ .
+ However, backward compatibility is ensured on 2.2 kernel running Sparc with
+ SUN Happy Meal (hme) Ethernet card.