Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Fix the behavior of ethtool when ONBOOT=no

From: Rick Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:43:36 -0700

Naohiro Ooiwa wrote:
> Hi Michael
> 
> I found a little bug.
> 
> When configure in ifcfg-eth* is ONBOOT=no,
> the behavior of ethtool command is wrong.
> 
>     # grep ONBOOT /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2
>     ONBOOT=no
>     # ethtool eth2 | tail -n1
>             Link detected: yes
> 
> I think "Link detected" should be "no".

Why?  Sure, there is no IP on the link, but does that mean the link is 
otherwise unusable?  Is ethtool only about IP status?

rick jones