Why ethtool output showing irregular firmware version for ixgbe drivers in RHEL 6.5?
Issue
ethtool -ishowing inappropriate firmware version.
# ethtool -i eth0
driver: ixgbe
version: 3.15.1-k-Custom
firmware-version: 0x8000057b <<========
bus-info: 0000:05:00.0
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
- Driver: ixgbe
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