Bug 456900

Summary: [QLogic 5.3 feat] [0/n] qla2xxx- Netlink, FCoE management API
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Marcus Barrow <mbarrow>
Component: kernelAssignee: Marcus Barrow <mbarrow>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Martin Jenner <mjenner>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 5.3CC: andrew.vasquez, andriusb, coughlan, cward, qlogic-redhat-ext, seokmann.ju
Target Milestone: betaKeywords: FutureFeature
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Bug Blocks: 415811, 461414    
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test for netlink
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NetLink kernel patch none

Description Marcus Barrow 2008-07-28 15:04:30 UTC 
This patch provides information for our management API for Fibre Channel over Ethernet devices.
This provides  functionality that would formerly have been performed by ioctl's.

Functionality includes updating firmware on embedded ether router, retrieving information (port stats 
etc. ) and changing configuration.

Tested at QLogic. I believe it is in the process of being submitted upstream. A copy of the upstream 
patch will also be attached to the BZ. THe desire is to support the same interface and thus the back 
ported patch has changes to provide support missing in this version of the kernel.

A test program is also attached.
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Comment 1 Marcus Barrow 2008-07-28 15:04:30 UTC 
Created attachment 312781 [details]
test for netlink
Comment 3 Marcus Barrow 2008-08-07 17:51:41 UTC 
Created attachment 313722 [details]
NetLink kernel patch

Here is the patch posted for Net Link
Comment 4 Don Zickus 2008-09-15 14:18:18 UTC 
in kernel-2.6.18-115.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
Comment 7 Chris Ward 2008-11-28 07:15:12 UTC 
Partners, this bug should be fixed in the latest RHEL 5.3 Snapshot. We believe that you have some interest in its correct functionality, so we're making a friendly request to send us some testing feedback. 

If you have a chance to test it, please share with us your findings. If you have successfully VERIFIED the fix, please add PartnerVerified to the Bugzilla keywords, along with a description of the results. Thanks!
Comment 8 Marcus Barrow 2008-12-16 16:05:08 UTC 
Verified in 2.6.18-125
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2009-01-20 19:59:20 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html