[system-administrators-guide] ethtool | -K, --features, --offload adding option to Ethtool
stephenw
stephenw at fedoraproject.org
Fri Jul 26 11:38:40 UTC 2013
commit a438c322efe08ea4e663740b767300a3ead4c68e
Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley at redhat.com>
Date: Fri Jul 26 13:32:42 2013 +0200
ethtool | -K, --features, --offload
adding option to Ethtool
en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml b/en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml
index 3059b63..02516c6 100644
--- a/en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml
+++ b/en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml
@@ -917,8 +917,40 @@ The <option>-k</option>, <option>--show-features</option>, or <option>--show-off
<para>
To make these settings permanent you can make use of the <option>ETHTOOL_OPTS</option> directive. It can be used in interface configuration files to set the desired options when the network interface is brought up. Refer to <xref linkend="s2-networkscripts-interfaces-eth0"/> for more details on how to use this directive.
</para>
+ <variablelist>
-<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>
+ <application>Ethtool</application>
+ </primary>
+ <secondary>option</secondary>
+ <tertiary>
+ <option>--features</option>
+ </tertiary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <option>--offload</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <option>-K</option>, <option>--features</option>, or <option>--offload</option> option changes the offload parameters and other features of the specified network device. It takes the following form:
+ </para>
+ <screen>
+<option>-K, --features, --offload</option> <replaceable>devname</replaceable> <replaceable>feature</replaceable> <replaceable>boolean</replaceable></screen>
+ <para>
+ where <replaceable>feature</replaceable> is a built-in or kernel supplied feature,
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <replaceable>boolean</replaceable> is one of <literal>ON</literal> or <literal>OFF</literal>,
+ </para>
+ <para> and <replaceable>devname</replaceable> is your NIC.</para>
+ <para>
+ The <filename>ethtool(8)</filename> man page lists most features. As the feature set is dependent on the NIC driver, you should consult the driver documentation for features not listed in the man page.
+ </para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
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