ethtool for Debian ------------------ ethtool is a small utility for examining and tuning your ethernet-based network interface. See the man page for more details. ethtool is only supported on 2.2 kernel for use with Sparc Happy Meal (hme) ethernet cards. On 2.4 kernel, more architectures and cards are supported (see below). 2.4 kernel support for ethtool ------------------------------ Informations shown below were extracted from 2.4.9 kernel sources. Please, report back to me misinterpretation of it contents. Last column show current capabilities of these drivers: D = get driver infos C = get/set card settings W = get/set wake-on-lan settings An 'x' indicates that the feature is available, a '.' indicates not. Ethernet card family linux driver DCW --------------------------------------------------------------- 3Com "Vortex" and "Boomerang" series 3c59x xx. RealTek RTL-8139 Fast Ethernet 8139too x.. Alteon AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet acenic .x. EPIC/100 Fast Ethernet epic100 x.. Packet Engines GNIC-II Gigabit Ethernet hamachi x.. SGI's IOC3 based Ethernet cards ioc3-eth .x. NatSemi DP8381x series natsemi xxx NE2000 clone on PCI bus ne2k-pci x.. Adaptec Starfire starfire xx. Sundance ST201 "Alta" sundance x.. SUN Happy Meal Ethernet sunhme .x. Winbond W89c840 PCI Ethernet winbond-840 x.. Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet yellowfin x.. -- Eric Delaunay