Does ubuntu has intel 1G/bits wire Ethernet driver?

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Thu Jan 6 17:21:23 UTC 2011


On 11-01-05 11:10 AM, J wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 22:54, Rashkae<ubuntu at tigershaunt.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> ethtool is deprecated.  No harm in installing it, but it will not work with
>> all Ethernet devices/drivers.  Use mii-tool instead (which should already be
>> installed by default.)
>>      
> Since when?  Every Ubuntu system I have has both mii-tool and ethtool
> installed...
>
> And mii-tool is quite a bit older than ethtool is.
>
> Not that I really want to get into a "emacs/vi" debate about ethtool
> or mii-tool, but where did you get your info that ethtool was being
> deprecated by a far older tool?
>    

Sorry, obviously I've gotten my memory mixed up, thanks for the 
correction.. (you are correct that ethtool should be used for GB cards)...

I only checked on my "lucid" system that mii-tool was installed by 
default but not ethtool, but should have verified that.






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