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commit 8bbe6b9bc05f0233b1caf089ef91fe4fc6d7389e
Merge: b406e49 ce0c785
Author: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue Mar 10 16:26:03 2026 +0100
Merge pull request #27 from grml/mika/netlink
Redirect ethtool errors into `ethtool_"${dev}".error`
commit ce0c78582273d7f0794a634ba7552eb6961503b5
Author: Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>
Date: Tue Mar 10 13:24:56 2026 +0100
Redirect ethtool errors into `ethtool_"${dev}".error`
Output for `ethtool br0` with root permissions:
| # ethtool br0
| Settings for br0:
| Supported ports: [ ]
| Supported link modes: Not reported
| Supported pause frame use: No
| Supports auto-negotiation: No
| Supported FEC modes: Not reported
| Advertised link modes: Not reported
| Advertised pause frame use: No
| Advertised auto-negotiation: No
| Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
| Speed: Unknown!
| Duplex: Unknown! (255)
| Auto-negotiation: off
| Port: Other
| PHYAD: 0
| Transceiver: internal
| Link detected: no
But when running ethtool *without* root permissions, it reports
`netlink error: Operation not permitted` on stderr:
| % ethtool br0
| Settings for br0:
| Supported ports: [ ]
| Supported link modes: Not reported
| Supported pause frame use: No
| Supports auto-negotiation: No
| Supported FEC modes: Not reported
| Advertised link modes: Not reported
| Advertised pause frame use: No
| Advertised auto-negotiation: No
| Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
| Speed: Unknown!
| Duplex: Unknown! (255)
| Auto-negotiation: off
| Port: Other
| PHYAD: 0
| Transceiver: internal
| netlink error: Operation not permitted
| Link detected: no
| % ethtool br0 >/dev/null
| netlink error: Operation not permitted
Redirect stderr to corresponding error file, to avoid its output without
any context in grml-hwinfo output.
![[bug history graph]](https://qa.debian.org/data/bts/graphs/g/grml-hwinfo.png){kind=link}