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Install this package:

emerge -a sys-apps/ethtool

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask sys-apps/ethtool

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a sys-apps/ethtool

Package Information

Description:: ethtool is a Linux utility for controlling network drivers and hardware, particularly for wired Ethernet devices. It can be used to: * Get identification and diagnostic information * Get extended device statistics * Control speed, duplex, autonegotiation and flow control for Ethernet devices * Control checksum offload and other hardware offload features * Control DMA ring sizes and interrupt moderation * Control receive queue selection for multiqueue devices * Upgrade firmware in flash memory
Homepage:: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
License:: GPL-2

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords	Slot
6.19	8	~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86	0
6.15	8	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86	0

Metadata

Description

ethtool is a Linux utility for controlling network drivers and hardware, particularly for wired Ethernet devices. It can be used to: * Get identification and diagnostic information * Get extended device statistics * Control speed, duplex, autonegotiation and flow control for Ethernet devices * Control checksum offload and other hardware offload features * Control DMA ring sizes and interrupt moderation * Control receive queue selection for multiqueue devices * Upgrade firmware in flash memory

Maintainers

Gentoo Base System (base-system@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Upstream

Remote IDs:
- cpe: cpe:/a:kernel:ethtool

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription lang="en">
	ethtool is a Linux utility for controlling network drivers and hardware,
	particularly for wired Ethernet devices. It can be used to:
		* Get identification and diagnostic information
		* Get extended device statistics
		* Control speed, duplex, autonegotiation and flow control for Ethernet devices
		* Control checksum offload and other hardware offload features
		* Control DMA ring sizes and interrupt moderation
		* Control receive queue selection for multiqueue devices
		* Upgrade firmware in flash memory
</longdescription>
	<use>
		<flag name="netlink">Enable netlink interface via <pkg>net-libs/libmnl</pkg></flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:kernel:ethtool</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild ethtool-6.19
[Error] Missing md5-cache for ebuild ethtool-6.15

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sys-apps/ethtool | euse -E <flag> -p sys-apps/ethtool | euse -D <flag> -p sys-apps/ethtool

Flag	Description	6.19	6.15
netlink	Enable netlink interface via <pkg>net-libs/libmnl</pkg>	⊕	⊕

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions
DIST	ethtool-6.15.tar.xz	444060 bytes	6.15
DIST	ethtool-6.19.tar.xz	450548 bytes	6.19

Unmatched Entries

Type	File	Size

sys-apps/ethtool (gentoo)