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Bug 1527677 - Backport FEC configuration for userspace ethtool utility
Backport FEC configuration for userspace ethtool utility
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ethtool (Show other bugs)
7.5
All Linux
unspecified Severity high
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Assigned To: Ivan Vecera
Jakub Heger
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Blocks: 1442258
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Reported: 2017-12-19 16:22 EST by Dirk van der Merwe
Modified: 2018-04-10 11:28 EDT (History)
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Fixed In Version: ethtool-4.8-7.el7
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Last Closed: 2018-04-10 11:27:55 EDT
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Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2018:0858 None None None 2018-04-10 11:28 EDT

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Description Dirk van der Merwe 2017-12-19 16:22:27 EST 
Bugzilla overview:
This is a backport request from Netronome for RHEL 7.5.

Bugzilla Description:
Modify ethtool utility to enable configuration of Forward Error Correction for network devices that support this.

Bugzilla dependencies: bug 1519199

Drivers or hardware dependencies: Netronome SmartNICs or NICs supporting FEC from other vendors

Upstream acceptance information:  The patch is available upstream. The relevant commit is:
8db75d1e4001 ethtool: Support for FEC encoding control
External link:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ethtool/ethtool.git/commit/?id=8db75d1e4001ac4cdfc73d5bedd0ec6d58a3d617

Business Justification: Configuration of FEC is necessary for interoperability between vendors.

Primary contact at Red Hat:
Andre Beausoleil
abeausol@redhat.com
Primary contact at Partner:
Dirk van der Merwe
dirk.vandermerwe@netronome.com
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 11:27:55 EDT 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0858
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