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thjvdb 12-01-2012 04:14 PM
ethtool outdated?
 
Hi@all,

does anyone know, why ethtool is so outdated? ... i think it should correspond with the kernel version ... but in slackware64-14.0 its version is 2.6.36 ... which is quit old ... is there a reason or is it a failure?

cheers
thorsten

onebuck 12-01-2012 06:12 PM
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Hi,
Quote:
Originally Posted by thjvdb (Post 4840916)
Hi@all,

does anyone know, why ethtool is so outdated? ... i think it should correspond with the kernel version ... but in slackware64-14.0 its version is 2.6.36 ... which is quit old ... is there a reason or is it a failure?

cheers
thorsten
Why do you think that? Slackware64 14.0 does have '/var//log/packages/ethtool-2.6.36-x86_64-1' for 'Sep 24 13:48'.

Looking at 'ethtool-3.6/NEWS';
Quote:
Version 3.6 - October 5, 2012

* Feature: Allow setting MDI-X state (-s option)
* Fix: Preserve pause advertising bits when setting speed and
duplex with autoneg on (-s option)
* Fix: Don't call ioctl to set EEE parameters if they are the same
as the current parameters (--set-eee option)
Problems with 'ethtool'? If so what?
Maybe you should look at: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/

Possibly contact the admin and ask why no updates since 2012-10-05. 'ethtool' works for me and I am not experiencing any issues for the utility.

beder 12-01-2012 06:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by onebuck (Post 4840945)
Hi,


Why do you think that? Slackware64 14.0 does have '/var//log/packages/ethtool-2.6.36-x86_64-1' for 'Sep 24 13:48'.

Looking at 'ethtool-3.6/NEWS';Problems with 'ethtool'? If so what?
Maybe you should look at: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/

Possibly contact the admin and ask why no updates since 2012-10-05. 'ethtool' works for me and I am not experiencing any issues for the utility.

I think you might have got confused, because you quoted ethtool 3.6, but Slackware has ethtool 2.6.36, which is from 2010

onebuck 12-01-2012 06:29 PM
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Hi,

Your right, my bad. Transposition errors, looking at the screen to much. Thanks for showing me the error! :)

Still not a major issue with ethtool for me. Possibly PV just over looked. Not all packages get upgrades.


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