[SRU][J:linux-bluefield][PATCH v1 0/1] UBUNTU: SAUCE: mlxbf_gige: Ethtool speed does not update based on link status

Chris Babroski cbabroski at nvidia.com
Wed Jul 9 19:44:15 UTC 2025


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2116284

[Impact]
The "Speed" and "Duplex" fields displayed by ethtool should report "Unknown" when the link is down, but instead they continue to show "1000Mb/s" and "Full".

[Fix]
* Set the speed and duplex values reported to ethtool to unknown when the link is down.

[Test Case]
* Verified ethtool reports correct speed and duplex values based on link status.
  1. ethtool oob_net0
  2. ifconfig oob_net0 down
  3. ifconfig oob_net0
* Verified basic OOB interface behavior by SSHing to BlueField via OOB.

[Regression Potential]
* The fix affects BlueField 2 and BlueField 3, but the change is relatively small and only affects the data that is used by ethtool.

Chris Babroski (1):
  mlxbf_gige: Display unknown speed & duplex in ethtool when link is
    down

 .../mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_ethtool.c  | 26 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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