networking [ethtool]

Maintainers

• M Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
• M Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
• F Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
• F include/linux/ethtool*
• F include/uapi/linux/ethtool*
• F net/ethtool/
• F tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/*/ethtool*

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v13 00/10] net: phy_port: SFP modules representation and phy_port listing
  2026-07-01 11:05 · 2 replies in 7d · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• WARM1d Re: Ethtool : PRBS feature
  2026-06-29 16:15 · 1 reply in 7d · Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
• WARM1d [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v5 0/2] ice: implement symmetric RSS hash configuration
  2026-06-26 05:47 · 1 reply in 7d · Aleksandr Loktionov <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net] net: ethtool: keep rtnl_lock for ops using ethtool_op_get_link()
  2026-06-24 19:04 · 0 replies in 7d · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Nicolai Buchwitz <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-09
• Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
  2 attestations (1 Reviewed-by, 1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-06-03
• Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-06-24
• Marek Vasut <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-09
• Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-05

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on netdev (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v13 09/10] net: ethtool: Introduce ethtool command to list ports
  2026-07-01 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v13 08/10] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool
  2026-07-01 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• WARM1d RE: Ethtool : PRBS feature
  2026-06-29 · Das, Shubham <hidden>
• WARM1d [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v5 1/2] ethtool: treat RXH_GTP_TEID as intrinsically symmetric
  2026-06-26 · Aleksandr Loktionov <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net] net: ethtool: keep rtnl_lock for ops using ethtool_op_get_link()
  2026-06-24 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD15d [PATCH net-next v12 09/10] net: ethtool: Introduce ethtool command to list ports
  2026-06-15 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• COLD15d [PATCH net-next v12 08/10] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool
  2026-06-15 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• COLD17d [PATCH v2 bpf-next/net 1/5] ethtool: Introduce ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_SET for virtual interfaces.
  2026-06-13 · Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
• COLD18d [PATCH v1 bpf-next/net 1/5] ethtool: Introduce ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_SET for virtual interfaces.
  2026-06-12 · Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
• COLD18d [PATCH net-next] ethtool: tsconfig: always take rtnl_lock
  2026-06-11 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] tls: remove tls_toe and the related driver
  2026-06-11 · Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
• COLD18d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH net-next v10 2/3] net: ethtool: add KSZ87xx low-loss cable PHY tunables
  2026-06-09 · Fidelio Lawson <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 11/12] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock on IOCTL path
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 10/12] net: ethtool: ioctl: concentrate the locking
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 09/12] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock in RSS context handlers
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 08/12] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock in ethnl_act_module_fw_flash()
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 07/12] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock in ethnl_tsinfo_dumpit()
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 06/12] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock in cable test handlers
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 05/12] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock on Netlink path for SET ops
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 04/12] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock on Netlink path for GET ops
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 03/12] net: ethtool: make dev->hwprov ops-protected
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 5 (4M) [PATCH net-next v2 02/12] net: ethtool: relax ethnl_req_get_phydev() locking assertion
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH net-next v2 01/12] net: ethtool: serialize broadcast notification sequence allocation
  2026-06-05 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD25d [PATCH net] ethtool: Set histogram ranges to NULL before querying FEC data
  2026-06-04 · Eric Joyner <hidden>
• COLD26d [PATCH net-next v2 11/11] net: ethtool: make sure __ethtool_get_link_ksettings() is ops-locked
  2026-06-03 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD26d [PATCH net-next v2 04/11] net: ethtool: add netif_get_link_ksettings() for correct ops-locked use
  2026-06-03 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD26d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v2 02/11] net: ethtool: cmis_cdb: hold instance lock for ops locked devices
  2026-06-03 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD26d [PATCH net-next v2 01/11] net: rename netdev_ops_assert_locked()
  2026-06-03 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH net-next v9 2/3] net: ethtool: add KSZ87xx low-loss cable PHY tunables
  2026-06-01 · Fidelio Lawson <hidden>
• COLD29d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v8 2/3] net: ethtool: add KSZ87xx low-loss cable PHY tunables
  2026-06-01 · Fidelio Lawson <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE127d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [RFC net-next V3 1/5] net: ethtool: Track pause storm events
  2026-02-23 · Mohsin Bashir <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE124d REVIEWED: 14 (14M) [PATCH net-next v3] docs: ethtool: clarify the bit-by-bit bitset format description
  2026-02-25 · Yohei Kojima <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE117d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [net-next V4 1/5] net: ethtool: Track pause storm events
  2026-03-02 · Mohsin Bashir <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD53d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH net v2] net: ethtool: fix missing closing paren in rings_reply_size()
  2026-05-08 · Tao Cui <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• COLD50d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH net v2] net: ethtool: fix missing closing paren in rings_reply_size()
  2026-05-08 · Tao Cui <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• COLD29d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v8 2/3] net: ethtool: add KSZ87xx low-loss cable PHY tunables
  2026-06-01 · Fidelio Lawson <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH net-next v9 2/3] net: ethtool: add KSZ87xx low-loss cable PHY tunables
  2026-06-01 · Fidelio Lawson <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• COLD18d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH net-next v10 2/3] net: ethtool: add KSZ87xx low-loss cable PHY tunables
  2026-06-09 · Fidelio Lawson <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE161d [PATCH 1/2] net: ethtool: Add link mode for 25Gbps long-range fiber
  2026-01-18 · Josua Mayer <hidden>
• STALE151d [PATCH net-next 11/13] net: phy: store phy_modes in a static array
  2026-01-27 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• STALE151d [PATCH net-next 12/13] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool
  2026-01-27 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• STALE152d [PATCH net-next v2 11/12] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool
  2026-01-28 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• STALE152d [PATCH net-next v2 12/12] net: ethtool: Introduce ethtool command to list ports
  2026-01-28 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• STALE141d [PATCH net-next v3 11/11] net: ethtool: Introduce ethtool command to list ports
  2026-02-01 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• STALE146d [PATCH net-next v4 13/13] net: ethtool: Introduce ethtool command to list ports
  2026-02-03 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH net-next v5 12/13] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool
  2026-02-05 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH net-next v5 13/13] net: ethtool: Introduce ethtool command to list ports
  2026-02-05 · Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
• STALE118d [RFC net-next 1/4] ethtool: module: Define CMIS loopback YAML spec and UAPI
  2026-02-19 · Björn Töpel <bjorn@kernel.org>