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[Rolf Leggewie <860064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any
updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: net-tools (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: Triaged => Won't Fix

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Title:
  mii-tool in displays advertising and link partner fields backwards

Status in net-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in net-tools source package in Lucid:
  Won't Fix
Status in net-tools source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in net-tools source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in net-tools source package in Utopic:
  Triaged
Status in net-tools package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  I have a gigabit ethernet card in my box, but only  fast ethernet
  switch. When I use mii-tool, it report that it my card only advertises
  up to a 100baseTx link, but that my switch advertises up to a
  1000baseT link. These are backwards. ethtool gets it right.

  Since newer versions (with newer releases) only have a single change
  (an updated header list), I assume those versions suffer the same bug.

  See the listing below of running mii-tool vs ethtool on the same
  interface, and note that advertised and link partner fields are
  reversed in the two tools:

  jwcacces@__myhostname__:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
  Release:        10.04

  
  jwcacces@__myhostname__:~$  dpkg -S `which mii-tool`
  net-tools: /sbin/mii-tool

  jwcacces@__myhostname__:~$  dpkg -p net-tools
  Package: net-tools
  Priority: important
  Section: net
  Installed-Size: 1044
  Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Architecture: amd64
  Version: 1.60-23ubuntu2
  Replaces: ja-trans (<= 0.8-2), netbase (<< 4.00)
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
  Conflicts: ja-trans (<= 0.8-2)
  Size: 259342
  Description: The NET-3 networking toolkit
   This package includes the important tools for controlling the network
   subsystem of the Linux kernel.  This includes arp, ifconfig, netstat,
   rarp, nameif and route.  Additionally, this package contains utilities
   relating to particular network hardware types (plipconfig, slattach,
   mii-tool) and advanced aspects of IP configuration (iptunnel, ipmaddr).
   .
   In the upstream package 'hostname' and friends are included. Those are
   not installed by this package, since there is a special "hostname*.deb".
  Original-Maintainer: net-tools Team <pkg-net-tools-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

  jwcacces@__myhostname__:~$ apt-cache policy net-tools
  net-tools:
    Installed: 1.60-23ubuntu2
    Candidate: 1.60-23ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 1.60-23ubuntu2 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  
  jwcacces@__myhostname__:~$  dpkg -S `which ethtool`
  ethtool: /usr/sbin/ethtool

  jwcacces@__myhostname__:~$  dpkg -p ethtool
  Package: ethtool
  Priority: optional
  Section: utils
  Installed-Size: 268
  Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Architecture: amd64
  Version: 6+20091202-1ubuntu1
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
  Conflicts: sparc-utils (<< 1.9-1)
  Size: 74094
  Description: display or change Ethernet device settings
   ethtool can be used to query and change settings such as speed, auto-
   negotiation and checksum offload on many network devices, especially
   Ethernet devices.
  Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/
  Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@xxxxxxxxxx>

  jwcacces@__myhostname__:~$ apt-cache policy ethtool
  ethtool:
    Installed: 6+20091202-1ubuntu1
    Candidate: 6+20091202-1ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 6+20091202-1ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       6+20091202-1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

  
  jwcacces@__myhostname__:~$  sudo mii-tool -v eth1
  eth1: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
    product info: vendor 00:07:32, model 17 rev 3
    basic mode:   autonegotiation enabled
    basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
    capabilities: 1000baseT-HD 1000baseT-FD 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
    advertising:  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control
    link partner: 1000baseT-HD 1000baseT-FD 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control

  jwcacces@__myhostname__:~$  sudo ethtool eth1
  Settings for eth1:
          Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
          Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                  100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                  1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
          Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
          Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                  100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                  1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
          Advertised pause frame use: No
          Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
          Link partner advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
          Link partner advertised pause frame use: No
          Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
          Speed: 100Mb/s
          Duplex: Full
          Port: MII
          PHYAD: 0
          Transceiver: internal
          Auto-negotiation: on
          Supports Wake-on: pumbg
          Wake-on: g
          Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
          Link detected: yes

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