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LIN8-9231 : ethtool output is garbled

Created: May 29, 2018    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jun 19, 2018
Found In Version: 8.0.0.25
Fix Version: 8.0.0.27
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

We're seeing garbled ethtool output with the igb driver.

This appears to have been fixed by this mainline commit: 

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c?id=efea95d45e6ab4a30df9801f8e9bf68007ee9b43

Workaround

This appears to have been fixed by this mainline commit: 

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c?id=efea95d45e6ab4a30df9801f8e9bf68007ee9b43

Steps to Reproduce

example: 

ethtool -m eth3 
Identifier : 0x03 (SFP) 
Extended identifier : 0x04 (GBIC/SFP defined by 2-wire interface ID) 
Connector : 0x04 (BNC/TNC) 
Transceiver codes : 0x07 0x07 0x20 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 
Transceiver type : Infiniband: 1X LX 
Transceiver type : Infiniband: 1X Copper Active 
Transceiver type : Infiniband: 1X Copper Passive 
Transceiver type : SONET: OC-48, long reach 
Transceiver type : SONET: OC-48, intermediate reach 
Transceiver type : SONET: OC-48, short reach 
Transceiver type : SONET: OC-12, single mode, inter. reach 
Transceiver type : Ethernet: 100BASE-FX 
Encoding : 0x02 (4B/5B) 
BR, Nominal : 200MBd 
Rate identifier : 0x00 (unspecified) 
Length (SMF,km) : 0km 
Length (SMF) : 0m 
Length (50um) : 0m 
Length (62.5um) : 0m 
Length (Copper) : 0m 
Length (OM3) : 0m 
Laser wavelength : 21072nm 
Vendor name : ___gg____dd_____ 
Vendor OUI : 00:00:46 
Vendor PN : FIINNIISSAARR C 
Vendor rev : COOR 
Option values : 0x2e 0x20 
Option : RATE_SELECT implemented 
Option : Power level 2 requirement 
Option : Cooled transceiver implemented 
Option : Retimer or CDR implemented 
Option : Power level 3 requirement 
BR margin, max : 32% 
BR margin, min : 32% 
Vendor SN : ______eeFFTTL 
Date code : LXX11447 
Optical diagnostics support : No

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