RHBA-2010:0279 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An enhanced ethtool package that fixes a number of minor issues is now
available.

Description

The ethtool utility allows the querying and changing of specific
settings on network adapters. These settings include speed, port,
link auto-negotiation settings and PCI locations.

This updated package adds the following enhancements:

• ethtool can now display all NIC speeds, not just 10/100/1000.

(BZ#450162)

• the redundant INSTALL file has been removed from the package.

(BZ#472034)

• the ethtool usage message has been fixed to not state that -h requires

a DEVNAME. (BZ#472038)

• ethtool now recognizes 10000 as a valid speed and includes it

as a supported link mode. (BZ#524241, BZ#529395)

All ethtool users should upgrade to this updated package which provides
these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 472034 - Redundant file INSTALL is included in the package
• BZ - 472038 - Usage message states that -h requires a DEVNAME
• BZ - 524241 - ethtool: typo in "speed 10000" command line parsing
• BZ - 529395 - add support for 10000baseT

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)