Recommended update for ethtool

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ethtool
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0693-1
Rating: low
References: #744364 #748599
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update adds support for dumping and loading the
    network driver firmware to ethtool (bnc#748599). In
    addition, it fixes displaying of IXGBE flow director rules
    (bnc#744364).

    Contraindications:

    None

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ethtool-6130
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ethtool-6130
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-ethtool-6130

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • ethtool-6.2.6.39-0.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • ethtool-6.2.6.39-0.11.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • ethtool-6.2.6.39-0.11.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/744364
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/748599
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=dec0aaae7836943a4c1d15d332254881