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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2014:1421 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1421 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

ethtool bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated ethtool packages that fix several bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Ethtool is a utility that enables querying and changing settings such as speed,
port autonegotiation, PCI locations, and checksum offload on many network
devices, especially on ethernet devices.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the ethtool utility did not support the Backplane link type. As a

consequence, ethtool did not return "supported link modes" and "advertised link
modes" on be2net-based devices. With this update, the support for Backplane has
been added, and ethtool now returns "supported link modes" and "advertised link
modes" as expected. (BZ#1003891)

  • Previously, the ethtool utility did not correctly communicate with the network

device driver when attempting to set Large Receive Offload (LRO) options.
Consequently, it was not possible to set the LRO options on devices supporting
LRO. With this update, ethtool has been fixed to communicate correctly with the
network device driver, and the LRO options can now be set on network devices.
(BZ#1010843)

  • Due to a change to the ixgbe driver, the "ethtool -d" command in non-raw mode

stopped providing output. As a consequence, "ethtool -d" could not be used to
examine the state of ixgbe devices. To fix this bug, ethool has been changed to
work with the new ixgbe device driver, and the "ethtool -d" command in non-raw
mode can now be used again on the ixgbe devices. (BZ#1018367)

In addition, this update provides the following enhancement:

  • With this update, the ethtool utility supports the Medium Dependent Interface

Crossover (MDI-X) mode setting on the e1000, e1000e, and igb drivers.
(BZ#1105589)

Users of ethtool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add this enhancement.

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/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)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9b59dc40cdb50cb9e9a59b150182779567999edb311881ea7d29c04aaccf563a
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e9add81af44fadb744a9900f98912eae63cc579d1965d647280d67e564205be
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ad54bfd46852948c9778ec2059ad3bd2dfce9f64cf1a879093faf9d17c4e521
i386
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ab4ae4a5c5580340f541bf8db0beaffefd45242327a4c9e108bf8ef756571f01
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 12cb6d2aec6202b857e8e1ffadccf5edb8e55ff4f723c25b6005d82dbfeaebb8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9b59dc40cdb50cb9e9a59b150182779567999edb311881ea7d29c04aaccf563a
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e9add81af44fadb744a9900f98912eae63cc579d1965d647280d67e564205be
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ad54bfd46852948c9778ec2059ad3bd2dfce9f64cf1a879093faf9d17c4e521
i386
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ab4ae4a5c5580340f541bf8db0beaffefd45242327a4c9e108bf8ef756571f01
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 12cb6d2aec6202b857e8e1ffadccf5edb8e55ff4f723c25b6005d82dbfeaebb8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9b59dc40cdb50cb9e9a59b150182779567999edb311881ea7d29c04aaccf563a
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e9add81af44fadb744a9900f98912eae63cc579d1965d647280d67e564205be
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ad54bfd46852948c9778ec2059ad3bd2dfce9f64cf1a879093faf9d17c4e521
i386
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ab4ae4a5c5580340f541bf8db0beaffefd45242327a4c9e108bf8ef756571f01
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 12cb6d2aec6202b857e8e1ffadccf5edb8e55ff4f723c25b6005d82dbfeaebb8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9b59dc40cdb50cb9e9a59b150182779567999edb311881ea7d29c04aaccf563a
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e9add81af44fadb744a9900f98912eae63cc579d1965d647280d67e564205be
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ad54bfd46852948c9778ec2059ad3bd2dfce9f64cf1a879093faf9d17c4e521
i386
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ab4ae4a5c5580340f541bf8db0beaffefd45242327a4c9e108bf8ef756571f01
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 12cb6d2aec6202b857e8e1ffadccf5edb8e55ff4f723c25b6005d82dbfeaebb8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9b59dc40cdb50cb9e9a59b150182779567999edb311881ea7d29c04aaccf563a
s390x
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f4f8ae7a005b67e99696e5f0239ba93dd00662d3cafbb3be60096eb89c41d21c
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 74938237e1a942d27c115e2b717d1e909b72bde2b70ea6865aaec2d00b7161b2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9b59dc40cdb50cb9e9a59b150182779567999edb311881ea7d29c04aaccf563a
ppc64
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: bf61bdda07596ea05a158fe7497c2384640d175ad4fcb46bd853184342133afb
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: cfa04259f6c839124b4a029048ff4a215e33c9f27d0ddf6b521c425ffc3507cc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9b59dc40cdb50cb9e9a59b150182779567999edb311881ea7d29c04aaccf563a
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e9add81af44fadb744a9900f98912eae63cc579d1965d647280d67e564205be
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ad54bfd46852948c9778ec2059ad3bd2dfce9f64cf1a879093faf9d17c4e521

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9b59dc40cdb50cb9e9a59b150182779567999edb311881ea7d29c04aaccf563a
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e9add81af44fadb744a9900f98912eae63cc579d1965d647280d67e564205be
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ad54bfd46852948c9778ec2059ad3bd2dfce9f64cf1a879093faf9d17c4e521
i386
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ab4ae4a5c5580340f541bf8db0beaffefd45242327a4c9e108bf8ef756571f01
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 12cb6d2aec6202b857e8e1ffadccf5edb8e55ff4f723c25b6005d82dbfeaebb8

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

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 9b59dc40cdb50cb9e9a59b150182779567999edb311881ea7d29c04aaccf563a
s390x
ethtool-3.5-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f4f8ae7a005b67e99696e5f0239ba93dd00662d3cafbb3be60096eb89c41d21c
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 74938237e1a942d27c115e2b717d1e909b72bde2b70ea6865aaec2d00b7161b2

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