On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 11:16 PM Bryant Eadon <bryant.ea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It appears the latest ethtool package is v5.4 for Ubuntu 20.04 > (https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/ethtool ) . The latest from kernel.org is > 5.17. Is this normally something that is updated for 20.04 LTS ? > > Can the ethtool package be updated by a maintainer for these Ubuntu versions?
Hi Bryant, the ethtool package is maintained by the Kernel team and usually aligned with the kernel versions. Since we have -hwe [1] kernels it might be reasonable to think about also backporting a newer ethtools. In the same way one could think about other packages aligned to the available kernel version like iproute2. But while this would be great for -hwe users it will OTOH be a rather large regression risk for those not using it. That will certainly need some discussions between the Kernel and SRU team. Maybe those discussions already happened and ended with "let us not do it", I do not know. Setting Stefan "to" as I know he sometimes looks after these packages and might know more (FYI - He's out for a few more days, do not expect the fastest reply). [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack > Thank you, > Bryant > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Christian Ehrhardt Staff Engineer, Ubuntu Server Canonical Ltd -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
