Recommended update for ethtool

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:2006-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that contains two features and has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ethtool fixes the following issues:

  • ethtool was upgraded to version 6.4 (jsc#PED-5946, jsc#PED-8451):

  • For the full list of changes between 5.14 and 6.4 see upstream changelog (file NEWS)

  • Fixed SFP module diagnostic information (bsc#1222079)

  • Additional bug fixes (bsc#1224590):

  • Added missing header files for source distribution

  • Fixed SFF-8472 transceiver module identification
  • Allow nl_sset return -EOPNOTSUPP to fallback to do_sset
  • Fixed netlink support for coalesce tx aggr params
  • Fixed bug in rmgr when searching for empty slot

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-2006=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-2006=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2024-2006=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • ethtool-6.4-150600.7.3.2
    • ethtool-debugsource-6.4-150600.7.3.2
    • ethtool-debuginfo-6.4-150600.7.3.2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ethtool-6.4-150600.7.3.2
    • ethtool-debugsource-6.4-150600.7.3.2
    • ethtool-debuginfo-6.4-150600.7.3.2

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