Bug 164795

Summary: /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-32.EL/Documentation/networking/e100.txt contians bad info
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Sam Knuth <sfolkwil>
Component: kernelAssignee: John W. Linville <linville>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 3.0CC: petrides
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Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0144 Doc Type: Enhancement
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Description Sam Knuth 2005-08-01 15:11:40 UTC 
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Description of problem:
I have a customer who was quite upset because some documentation in
the /usr/src/linux gave outdated instructions on how to set the module
options for e100 nics in RHEL 3. Essentially, the instructions said to
add an options line to modules.conf. However, the options we're removed
at some point and the correct method for doing this is to use ETHTOOL.
The correct procedure IS in the release notes.

Offending Documentation:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-32.EL/Documentation/networking/e100.txt: 
 
e100_speed_duplex 
Valid Range: 0-4 (1=10half;2=10full;3=100half;4=100full) 
Default Value: 0 
   The default value of 0 sets the adapter to auto-negotiate. Other
values 
   set the adapter to forced speed and duplex. 
   Example usage: insmod e100.o e100_speed_duplex=4,4 (for two
adapters) 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.4.21-32.EL

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Look at /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-32.EL/Documentation/networking/e100.txt
2.
3.
  

Additional info:
Comment 1 John W. Linville 2005-08-03 14:20:23 UTC 
Created attachment 117405 [details]
jwltest-e100-doc.patch

I apologize for the confusion...
Comment 4 Ernie Petrides 2005-09-15 04:07:07 UTC 
A fix for this problem has just been committed to the RHEL3 U7
patch pool this evening (in kernel version 2.4.21-37.2.EL).
Comment 7 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-03-15 16:19:24 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html