Bug 454819

Summary:	LTC:4.8:201500:BNX2X Driver Update
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	IBM Bug Proxy <bugproxy>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Red Hat Kernel Manager <kernel-mgr>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Martin Jenner <mjenner>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	4.8	CC:	epollard, jjarvis
Target Milestone:	rc
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	All
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Bug Blocks:	452249

Description IBM Bug Proxy 2008-07-10 04:02:01 UTC

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Emily J. Ratliff <emilyr.com> - 2008-07-09 17:30 EDT
1. Feature Id:	[201500]
Feature Name:	BNX2X Driver Update
Sponsor:	xSeries
Category:	Device Drivers and IO
Request Type:	Driver - Update Version

2. Short Description
An updated version of bnx2x driver is required to address several bug fixes and enhancements.
Broadcom will provide the latest available version.

3. Business Case
The bnx2x driver is used across the System x product line. We need the in-distro driver to be as
current as possible so known critical bugs are ensured to be corrected.


4. Sponsor Priority	1
IBM Confidential:	no
Code Contribution:	3rd party code
Upstream Acceptance:	Accepted
Component Version Target:	Driver Update
Performance Assistance:	

5. PM Contact:	Monte Knutson, mknutson.com, 877-894-1495

6. Technical contact(s):
Kevin Stansell, kstansel.com
Chris McDermott, mcdermoc.com

7. LTC Manager: Julio Alvarez, julioa.com

Comment 1 Emily Ratliff 2008-07-10 04:41:45 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 454828 ***