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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
Primary contact at Partner:
Dirk van der Merwe
dirk.vandermerwe

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