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ETHTOOL(8) ETHTOOL(8) NAME ethtool - Display or change ethernet card settings SYNOPSIS ethtool ethX ethtool -h|--help ethtool -a|--show-pause ethX ethtool -A|--pause ethX [autoneg on|off] [rx on|off] [tx on|off] ethtool -c|--show-coalesce ethX ethtool -C|--coalesce ethX [adaptive-rx on|off] [adaptive-tx on|off] [rx-usecs N] [rx- frames N] [rx-usecs-irq N] [rx-frames-irq N] [tx-usecs N] [tx-frames N] [tx-usecs-irq N] [tx-frames-irq N] [stats-block-usecs N] [pkt-rate-low N] [rx-usecs-low N] [rx-frames-low N] [tx-usecs-low N] [tx-frames-low N] [pkt-rate-high N] [rx-usecs-high N] [rx-frames-high N] [tx-usecs-high N] [tx-frames-high N] [sample-interval N] ethtool -g|--show-ring ethX ethtool -G|--set-ring ethX [rx N] [rx-mini N] [rx-jumbo N] [tx N] ethtool -i|--driver ethX ethtool -d|--register-dump ethX [raw on|off] [hex on|off] [file name] ethtool -e|--eeprom-dump ethX [raw on|off] [offset N] [length N] ethtool -E|--change-eeprom ethX [magic N] [offset N] [value N] ethtool -k|--show-offload ethX ethtool -K--offload ethX [rx on|off] [tx on|off] [sg on|off] [tso on|off] [ufo on|off] [gso on|off] ethtool -p|--blink ethX [N] ethtool -r|--negotiate ethX ethtool -S|--statistics ethX ethtool -t|--test ethX [offline|online] ethtool -s ethX [speed 10|100|1000|2500] [duplex half|full] [port tp|aui|bnc|mii] [autoneg on|off] [advertise N] [phyad N] [xcvr internal|external] [wol p|u|m|b|a|g|s|d...] [sopass xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc] [msglvl N] DESCRIPTION ethtool is used for querying settings of an ethernet device and changing them. ethX is the name of the ethernet device on which ethtool should operate. OPTIONS ethtool with a single argument specifying the device name prints current settings of the specified device. -h --help Shows a short help message. -a --show-pause Queries the specified ethernet device for pause parameter information. -A --pause Changes the pause parameters of the specified ethernet device. autoneg on|off Specifies whether pause autonegotiation should be enabled. rx on|off Specifies whether RX pause should be enabled. tx on|off Specifies whether TX pause should be enabled. -c --show-coalesce Queries the specified ethernet device for coalescing information. -C --coalesce Changes the coalescing settings of the specified ethernet device. -g --show-ring Queries the specified ethernet device for rx/tx ring parameter information. -G --set-ring Changes the rx/tx ring parameters of the specified ethernet device. rx N Changes the number of ring entries for the Rx ring. rx-mini N Changes the number of ring entries for the Rx Mini ring. rx-jumbo N Changes the number of ring entries for the Rx Jumbo ring. tx N Changes the number of ring entries for the Tx ring. -i --driver Queries the specified ethernet device for associated driver information. -d --register-dump Retrieves and prints a register dump for the specified ethernet device. The regis- ter format for some devices is known and decoded others are printed in hex. When raw is enabled, then ethtool dumps the raw register data to stdout. If file is specified, then use contents of previous raw register dump, rather than reading from the device. -e --eeprom-dump Retrieves and prints an EEPROM dump for the specified ethernet device. When raw is enabled, then it dumps the raw EEPROM data to stdout. The length and offset parame- ters allow dumping certain portions of the EEPROM. Default is to dump the entire EEPROM. -E --change-eeprom Changes EEPROM byte for the specified ethernet device. offset and value specify which byte and it's new value. Because of the persistent nature of writing to the EEPROM, a device-specific magic key must be specified to prevent the accidental writing to the EEPROM. -k --show-offload Queries the specified ethernet device for offload information. -K --offload Changes the offload parameters of the specified ethernet device. rx on|off Specifies whether RX checksumming should be enabled. tx on|off Specifies whether TX checksumming should be enabled. sg on|off Specifies whether scatter-gather should be enabled. tso on|off Specifies whether TCP segmentation offload should be enabled. ufo on|off Specifies whether UDP fragmentation offload should be enabled gso on|off Specifies whether generic segmentation offload should be enabled -p --identify Initiates adapter-specific action intended to enable an operator to easily identify the adapter by sight. Typically this involves blinking one or more LEDs on the specific ethernet port. N Length of time to perform phys-id, in seconds. -r --negotiate Restarts auto-negotiation on the specified ethernet device, if auto-negotiation is enabled. -S --statistics Queries the specified ethernet device for NIC- and driver-specific statistics. -t --test Executes adapter selftest on the specified ethernet device. Possible test modes are: offline|online defines test type: offline (default) means to perform full set of tests possibly causing normal operation interruption during the tests, online means to perform limited set of tests do not interrupting normal adapter operation. -s --change Allows changing some or all settings of the specified ethernet device. All follow- ing options only apply if -s was specified. speed 10|100|1000|2500 Set speed in Mb/s. ethtool with just the device name as an argument will show you the supported device speeds. duplex half|full Sets full or half duplex mode. port tp|aui|bnc|mii Selects device port. autoneg on|off Specifies whether autonegotiation should be enabled. Autonegotiation is enabled by deafult, but in some network devices may have trouble with it, so you can disable it if really necessary. advertise N Sets the speed and duplex advertised by autonegotiation. The argument is a hex- idecimal value using one or a combination of the following values: 0x001 10 Half 0x002 10 Full 0x004 100 Half 0x008 100 Full 0x010 1000 Half(not supported by IEEE standards) 0x020 1000 Full 0x8000 2500 Full(not supported by IEEE standards) 0x800 10000 Full 0x03F Auto phyad N PHY address. xcvr internal|external Selects transceiver type. Currently only internal and external can be specified, in the future further types might be added. wol p|u|m|b|a|g|s|d... Sets Wake-on-LAN options. Not all devices support this. The argument to this option is a string of characters specifying which options to enable. p Wake on phy activity u Wake on unicast messages m Wake on multicast messages b Wake on broadcast messages a Wake on ARP g Wake on MagicPacket(tm) s Enable SecureOn(tm) password for MagicPacket(tm) d Disable (wake on nothing). This option clears all previous options. sopass xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc Sets the SecureOn(tm) password. The argument to this option must be 6 bytes in ethernet MAC hex format (xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc). msglvl N Sets the driver message level. Meanings differ per driver. BUGS Not supported (in part or whole) on all ethernet drivers. AUTHOR ethtool was written by David Miller. Modifications by Jeff Garzik, Tim Hockin, Jakub Jelinek, Andre Majorel, Eli Kupermann, Scott Feldman, Andi Kleen. AVAILABILITY ethtool is available over the Web on the SourceForge site at http://source- forge.net/projects/gkernel/ Ethtool version 6 July 2007 ETHTOOL(8) |