> >> Devlink has just gained something similar to ethtool -i. Maybe we >> should get the devlink core to also report the kernel version? > > I don't think we have the driver version at all there, my usual > inclination being to not duplicate information across APIs. Do we > have non-hypothetical instances of users reporting ethtool -i without > uname output? Admittedly I may work with above-average Linux-trained > engineers :S Would it be okay to just get devlink user space to use > uname() to get the info?
I work alot with field support engineering people, they have a 'NIC-centric' view on a system and often assume NIC driver version is all that matters. Therefore `ethtool -i` is often the only thing we get when debugging user issues. Regards, Igor
