Implement getting current speed from network interfaces

[i3/i3status] / wmiistatus.1

diff --git a/wmiistatus.1 b/wmiistatus.1
index fe7e725e9ee244ddc1b4802225226f6b0855e9a5..4a77a5f9436046a2aeda285b5b0be6e1167e6234 100644 (file)
--- a/wmiistatus.1
+++ b/wmiistatus.1
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ Followed by a comma separated list of the modules (run, wlan, eth, battery, load
 .B color
 If specified, color mode is on. This affects WLAN which will be displayed red if WLAN is down and the run_watch system which will display the status in red/green.
 
+.TP
+.B get_ethspeed
+Get current speed of the ethernet interface using the same mechanism as ethtool. You need to start wmiistatus with root privileges to use this.
+
 .TP
 .B normcolors
 Specifies the colors for background/border in the same format (html colorcodes) as wmii's configuration, that is #222222 #333333 for example.