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ETHTOOL(8) ETHTOOL(8)
NAME
ethtool - Display or change ethernet card settings
SYNOPSIS
ethtool ethX
ethtool -h
ethtool -a ethX
ethtool -A ethX [autoneg on|off] [rx on|off] [tx on|off]
ethtool -c ethX
ethtool -C 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 ethX
ethtool -G ethX [rx N] [rx-mini N] [rx-jumbo N] [tx N]
ethtool -i ethX
ethtool -d ethX
ethtool -e ethX [raw on|off] [offset N] [length N]
ethtool -E ethX [magic N] [offset N] [value N]
ethtool -k ethX
ethtool -K ethX [rx on|off] [tx on|off] [sg on|off] [tso on|off]
ethtool -p ethX [N]
ethtool -r ethX
ethtool -S ethX
ethtool -t ethX [offline|online]
ethtool -s ethX [speed 10|100|1000] [duplex half|full]
[port tp|aui|bnc|mii] [autoneg on|off] [phyad N] [xcvr internal|exter-
nal] [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 chang-
ing them.
ethX is the name of the ethernet device to work on.
OPTIONS
ethtool with a single argument specifying the device name prints cur-
rent setting of the specified device.
-h shows a short help message.
-a queries the specified ethernet device for pause parameter
information.
-A change the pause parameters of the specified ethernet device.
autoneg on|off
Specify if pause autonegotiation is enabled.
rx on|off
Specify if RX pause is enabled.
tx on|off
Specify if TX pause is enabled.
-c queries the specified ethernet device for coalescing informa-
tion.
-C change the coalescing settings of the specified ethernet
device.
-g queries the specified ethernet device for rx/tx ring parameter
information.
-G change the rx/tx ring parameters of the specified ethernet
device.
rx N Change number of ring entries for the Rx ring.
rx-mini N
Change number of ring entries for the Rx Mini ring.
rx-jumbo N
Change number of ring entries for the Rx Jumbo ring.
tx N Change number of ring entries for the Tx ring.
-i queries the specified ethernet device for associated driver
information.
-d retrieves and prints a register dump for the specified ethernet
device.
-e 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 parameters allow dumping cer-
tain portions of the EEPROM. Default is to dump the entire
EEPROM.
-E 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-spe-
cific magic key must be specified to prevent the accidental
writing to the EEPROM.
-k queries the specified ethernet device for offload information.
-K change the offload parameters of the specified ethernet device.
rx on|off
Specify if RX checksumming is enabled.
tx on|off
Specify if TX checksumming is enabled.
sg on|off
Specify if scatter-gather is enabled.
tso on|off
Specify if tcp segmentation offload is enabled.
-p initiates adapter-specific action intended to enable an opera-
tor 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 restarts auto-negotiation on the specified ethernet device, if
auto-negotiation is enabled.
-S queries the specified ethernet device for NIC- and driver-spe-
cific statistics.
-t 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 option allows changing some or all settings of the specified
ethernet device. All following options only apply if -s was
specified.
speed 10|100|1000
Set speed in Mb/s. ethtool with single argument will show you
the supported device speeds.
duplex half|full
Set full or half duplex mode.
port tp|aui|bnc|mii
Select device port.
autoneg on|off
Specify if autonegotiation is enabled. In the usual case it is,
but might cause some problems with some network devices, so you
can turn it off.
phyad N
PHY address.
xcvr internal|external
Select 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...
Set 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
Set 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
Set 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.
AVAILABILITY
ethtool is available over the Web on the SourceForge site at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/
Ethtool version 1.8 July 2003 ETHTOOL(8)
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