ethtool is a Linux net driver diagnostic and tuning tool for the Linux 2.4.x (or later) series of kernels. Obtain information and diagnostics related to media, link status, driver version, PCI (or ot... More
This week, the Linux kernel and Intel developer teams announced they had discovered the probable cause of the e1000e bug. This bug was particularly destructive, as it would corrupt the EEPROM/NVM of some Intel ethernet adapter chipsets, completely disabling them. Though this issue was patched to prevent damage to these components prior to the 2.6.27 kernel's final release, the actual reason for the corruption was unclear.