ethtool not in default system anymore?

[Jesse Keating]

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On 10/12/10 4:28 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> I noticed that ethtool is not in the default install anymore (probably
> for a release or so, but I didn't notice it until now).  Why is that?
> It is the only tool that can show and configure a variety of network
> device options, such as speed/duplex negotiation, wake-on-LAN, and TCP
> offloading.  There is support in the ifcfg-eth* files for calling it as
> part of interface setup (don't know if that's carried forward to NM,
> should be considered a bug in NM if not).
> 
> Is there a replacement that I'm not aware of?
> 
> I have run into flakey switches and such where you have to force
> speed/duplex to communicate (yes, such switches are crap, but when it
> isn't your network, you don't get to choose).  Not having a tool to do
> that already installed makes it impossible to fix.

Looking at comps, it seems ethtool was never listed, so it must have
been pulled in as a dep of something (if it ever was installed by
default).  I'd say look at your older systems and see what, if anything,
requires ethtool.

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Jesse Keating
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