Description of problem: I'm trying to use ETHTOOL_OPTS in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 to disable tcp offload using this value: ETHTOOL_OPTS="-K eth1 tso off" This fails because the ifup script assumes any options passed to ethtool will be arguments of the "-s" option: [root@perceus network-scripts]# grep ETHTOOL * ifcfg-eth1:ETHTOOL_OPTS="-K eth1 tso off" ifup-eth: if [ -n "$ETHTOOL_