From: David Decotigny <de...@googlers.com>
To benefit from this, kernel commit 025c68186e07 ("netlink: add support
for NIC driver ioctls") is needed.
Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <de...@googlers.com>
---
configure.ac | 2 +-
ethtool.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3105415..47d2a0f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
dnl Checks for libraries.
dnl Checks for header files.
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/ioctl.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/ioctl.h linux/netlink.h)
dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether <linux/types.h> defines big-endian types])
diff --git a/ethtool.c b/ethtool.c
index cb3d971..314b1b8 100644
--- a/ethtool.c
+++ b/ethtool.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <linux/sockios.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_NETLINK_H
+# include <linux/netlink.h>
+#endif
#ifndef MAX_ADDR_LEN
#define MAX_ADDR_LEN 32
@@ -4645,6 +4648,10 @@ opt_found:
/* Open control socket. */
ctx.fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_NETLINK_H
+ if (ctx.fd < 0)
+ ctx.fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_GENERIC);
+#endif
if (ctx.fd < 0) {
perror("Cannot get control socket");
return 70;
--
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
