Enhancement Advisory ethtool enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2007:0856-2
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-11-15
Last updated on: 2007-11-15
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

A new ethtool package that adds support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet network
adapters is now available.

The ethtool utility allows the querying and changing of ethernet adapter
settings, such as speed, port, auto-negotiation, and PCI locations.

Kernel drivers for 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers from Intel, Chelsio,
Neterion and other vendors ship as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Previous version of the ethtool utility did not report information from
these adapters properly, however. This updated package adds support for 10
Gigabit-specific diagnostics and capability reporting.

All users of ethtool should install this newly released package which adds
this enhancement.


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/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ethtool-6-1.src.rpm     9aa0be77f8aed57333f5c67d7fa0897d
 
IA-32:
ethtool-6-1.i386.rpm     dc55db722df9e0edd08f302d430189f6
 
x86_64:
ethtool-6-1.x86_64.rpm     7519c05710fd015e76baf7fcf4a691b8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ethtool-6-1.src.rpm     9aa0be77f8aed57333f5c67d7fa0897d
 
IA-32:
ethtool-6-1.i386.rpm     dc55db722df9e0edd08f302d430189f6
 
IA-64:
ethtool-6-1.ia64.rpm     092b7180f47833dcc1cdeccee479e1f5
 
PPC:
ethtool-6-1.ppc.rpm     1fbf99455ca159a44d95aa14ed7804a5
 
s390:
ethtool-6-1.s390.rpm     5e8017050fb24d5c98da5d65028fedc0
 
s390x:
ethtool-6-1.s390x.rpm     04647091804da3b77573476910fc9c1c
 
x86_64:
ethtool-6-1.x86_64.rpm     7519c05710fd015e76baf7fcf4a691b8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ethtool-6-1.src.rpm     9aa0be77f8aed57333f5c67d7fa0897d
 
IA-32:
ethtool-6-1.i386.rpm     dc55db722df9e0edd08f302d430189f6
 
IA-64:
ethtool-6-1.ia64.rpm     092b7180f47833dcc1cdeccee479e1f5
 
x86_64:
ethtool-6-1.x86_64.rpm     7519c05710fd015e76baf7fcf4a691b8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ethtool-6-1.src.rpm     9aa0be77f8aed57333f5c67d7fa0897d
 
IA-32:
ethtool-6-1.i386.rpm     dc55db722df9e0edd08f302d430189f6
 
IA-64:
ethtool-6-1.ia64.rpm     092b7180f47833dcc1cdeccee479e1f5
 
x86_64:
ethtool-6-1.x86_64.rpm     7519c05710fd015e76baf7fcf4a691b8
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

243712 - [RHEL4]: 10gigE support



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