Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0366 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

ethtool bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated ethtool packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ethtool utility allows the querying and changing of Ethernet adapter
settings, such as port speed, auto-negotiation, and device-specific performance
options.

The ethtool packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.5, which provides
a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#819846)

All users of ethtool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0cd406577917dcb73902a835770a1ea0e6254e97cef6d66b0c751e5444191096
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 222bacf8c0b533fc8b79a6c3e40f09a35395c091cc2e0fce8f989357bbd1d189
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0ae7e4f6f767f24433b8ecd18b6c796c5affc7985273b7b0717119bbe5727b5e
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 935be9b9935197e8d4de8a3c981c1822160f485e7f9282dfa204d6fe112553cd
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 57989f51ff3cf0588e713fd823988de7282b76484a92d705ec988b802b3a5a36

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0cd406577917dcb73902a835770a1ea0e6254e97cef6d66b0c751e5444191096
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 222bacf8c0b533fc8b79a6c3e40f09a35395c091cc2e0fce8f989357bbd1d189
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0ae7e4f6f767f24433b8ecd18b6c796c5affc7985273b7b0717119bbe5727b5e
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 935be9b9935197e8d4de8a3c981c1822160f485e7f9282dfa204d6fe112553cd
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 57989f51ff3cf0588e713fd823988de7282b76484a92d705ec988b802b3a5a36

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0cd406577917dcb73902a835770a1ea0e6254e97cef6d66b0c751e5444191096
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 222bacf8c0b533fc8b79a6c3e40f09a35395c091cc2e0fce8f989357bbd1d189
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0ae7e4f6f767f24433b8ecd18b6c796c5affc7985273b7b0717119bbe5727b5e
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 935be9b9935197e8d4de8a3c981c1822160f485e7f9282dfa204d6fe112553cd
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 57989f51ff3cf0588e713fd823988de7282b76484a92d705ec988b802b3a5a36

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0cd406577917dcb73902a835770a1ea0e6254e97cef6d66b0c751e5444191096
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 222bacf8c0b533fc8b79a6c3e40f09a35395c091cc2e0fce8f989357bbd1d189
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0ae7e4f6f767f24433b8ecd18b6c796c5affc7985273b7b0717119bbe5727b5e
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 935be9b9935197e8d4de8a3c981c1822160f485e7f9282dfa204d6fe112553cd
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 57989f51ff3cf0588e713fd823988de7282b76484a92d705ec988b802b3a5a36

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0cd406577917dcb73902a835770a1ea0e6254e97cef6d66b0c751e5444191096
s390x
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9982ce698db0df434d099736e1ed34d12a09fbbe86004bfc355919be2e8c43f0
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0de7c2b15c617d060fad94135715798c0be48a40a78eb18459b74ff822ca3f88

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0cd406577917dcb73902a835770a1ea0e6254e97cef6d66b0c751e5444191096
ppc64
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c3a1b64f2d6a143a60ac024397091242b7bb7be18c9f5b085458208dca25efea
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 674d774b465e80f7440bfc98c8e8aa72fd40d47035b731b772fb3d311a8ce9fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0cd406577917dcb73902a835770a1ea0e6254e97cef6d66b0c751e5444191096
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 222bacf8c0b533fc8b79a6c3e40f09a35395c091cc2e0fce8f989357bbd1d189
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0ae7e4f6f767f24433b8ecd18b6c796c5affc7985273b7b0717119bbe5727b5e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0cd406577917dcb73902a835770a1ea0e6254e97cef6d66b0c751e5444191096
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 222bacf8c0b533fc8b79a6c3e40f09a35395c091cc2e0fce8f989357bbd1d189
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0ae7e4f6f767f24433b8ecd18b6c796c5affc7985273b7b0717119bbe5727b5e
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 935be9b9935197e8d4de8a3c981c1822160f485e7f9282dfa204d6fe112553cd
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 57989f51ff3cf0588e713fd823988de7282b76484a92d705ec988b802b3a5a36

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 0cd406577917dcb73902a835770a1ea0e6254e97cef6d66b0c751e5444191096
s390x
ethtool-3.5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9982ce698db0df434d099736e1ed34d12a09fbbe86004bfc355919be2e8c43f0
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0de7c2b15c617d060fad94135715798c0be48a40a78eb18459b74ff822ca3f88

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