From: Ben Greear <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:09:11 -0800
> On 12/05/2012 02:36 PM, David Miller wrote: >> From: Ben Greear <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:35:01 -0800 >> >>> It seems the only way to get the current pci-e bus speed & width >>> in ixgbe (and probably many other NICs) is by parsing output >>> of lspci -vvv. >>> >>> I'd personally find it easier if this info were available via >>> ethtool API. >> >> You could just as easily have ethtool determine the PCI device >> location (using existing facilities) and fetch the PCI-e info from the >> PCI sysfs files. > > Any particular sysfs file? I've been grubbing around in there > and I don't see anything that specifies bus width or speed.. > > Maybe it's some binary blob that needs decoding? lspci might be a good place to figure this out :-) It's probably grovelling around in PCI config space to determine these things. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
