Bug 511971

Summary:	[LTC 5.5 FEAT] QLA2XXX Driver Update [201504]
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	IBM Bug Proxy <bugproxy>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Red Hat Kernel Manager <kernel-mgr>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	5.5	CC:	andriusb, jjarvis, nobody+PNT0273897
Target Milestone:	beta
Target Release:	5.5
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Bug Blocks:	481160

Description IBM Bug Proxy 2009-07-15 20:20:19 UTC

=Comment: #0=================================================
Emily J. Ratliff <ratliff.com> - 
1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id:	[201504]
a. Name of Feature:	QLA2XXX Driver Update
b. Feature Description
An updated version of the qla2xxx driver is required to address several bug fixes and enhancements.
Qlogic will provide the latest available version.

Additional Comments:	Driver maintenance request for the qla2xxx driver for RHEL5.5. Driver will come
from Qlogic and address outstanding issues.  This driver is of particular interest for the Qlogic
CNA solution.

2. Feature Details:
Sponsor:	xSeries
Architectures:
x86
x86_64

Arch Specificity: Both
Affects Installer: Yes
Affects Kernel Modules: Yes
Delivery Mechanism: Direct from community
Category:	Device Drivers and IO
Request Type:	Driver - Update Version
d. Upstream Acceptance:	Accepted
Sponsor Priority	2
f. Severity: Medium
IBM Confidential:	no
Code Contribution:	3rd party code
g. Component Version Target:	Driver Update

3. Business Case
The qla2xxx 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. Primary contact at Red Hat: 
John Jarvis
jjarvis

5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Monte Knutson, mknutson.com, 877-894-1495

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

IBM Manager:
Julio Alvarez, julioa.com

Comment 1 Andrius Benokraitis 2009-08-26 17:13:07 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 519447 ***