2 ethtool command syntax, 3 mii-tool command syntax, Ethtool command syntax – Maxim Integrated 78Q8430 Linux Driver ARM Platform User Manual

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78Q8430 Linux Driver ARM Platform User Guide

UG_8430_008

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1.0

2.2 ethtool Command Syntax

The following syntax summary lists the ethtool version 4 command options supported by the 78Q8430
device driver. ethtool can be obtained from:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/

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The EEPROM modification command described below requires a code conveyed by the 'magic' operand.
The required code is 8430.

~# ethtool -h

Displays command syntax (as shown below).


ethtool version 4
Usage:
ethtool DEVNAME

Display standard information about device.

ethtool -i|--driver DEVNAME

Show driver information.

ethtool -e|--eeprom-dump DEVNAME Do an EEPROM dump.
[ offset N ]
[ length N ]
ethtool -E|--change-eeprom DEVNAME Change bytes in device EEPROM.
[ magic 8430]
[ offset N ]
[ value N ]

2.3 mii-tool Command Syntax

The following syntax summary lists the mii-tool version 4 command options supported by the 78Q8430
device driver. mii-tool can be obtained from:

http://www.metux.de/pub/mii-tool/mii-tool-1.9.1.1.tar.bz2

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~# mii-tool
Usage: mii-tool [-VvRrwl] [-A media,... | -F media] [interface ...]
-R, --reset

Reset MII to power on state.

-F, --force=media

Force specified media technology.

media: 100baseT4, 100baseTx-FD, 100baseTx-HD,
10baseT-FD,

10baseT-HD,

(to advertise both HD and FD) 100baseTx, 10baseT






















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