Package: ethtool Version: 1:3.4.2-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Maintainer,
On wheezy, looking in /etc/network/if-up.d/ethtool, I read: # Autonegotiation can be on|off or an advertising mask case "$IF_ETHERNET_AUTONEG" in '') ;; on|off) SETTINGS="$SETTINGS autoneg $IF_ETHERNET_AUTONEG" ;; *) SETTINGS="$SETTINGS autoneg on $IF_ETHERNET_AUTONEG" ;; esac I believe the syntax of the *) case is incorrect. My tests: jmranger@L3:~$ sudo ethtool -s eth1 autoneg on 0x0ff ethtool: bad command line argument(s) For more information run ethtool -h jmranger@L3:~$ sudo ethtool -s eth1 autoneg on advertise 0x0ff jmranger@L3:~$ I believe the script is missing the advertise word. Various notes, not all relevant... - This was found while trying to configure an ethernet card as "autoneg ON, speed limited to 100mbps or below". - I was able to achieve my goal by changing the (empty) and ON cases in the code above by forcing "autoneg on advertise 0x00F". - I still haven't found who calls this script - said otherwise, I still don't know how to specify IF_ETHERNET_AUTONEG. Please tell me. Consequence - I haven't been able to test my proposed fix. - I'm still wondering whether I should place my patch somewhere else (boot sequence? if-pre-up? /etc/network/interfaces (if so, how?)? ) instead of in the ifup script. Suggestions welcome. -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.13-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages ethtool depends on: ii libc6 2.13-38+deb7u4 ethtool recommends no packages. ethtool suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/network/if-up.d/ethtool changed [not included] (see relevant parts above) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
