=Comment: #0================================================= Stephanie A. Glass <sglass@us.ibm.com> - 2007-10-24 13:49 EDT 1. Feature Id 201214 Feature Name Add/enable driver ixgbe in the boot/install environment with kudzu, anaconda, etc. Sponsor PPC Category Device Drivers and IO Request Type Code Development Support from Distributor 2. Short Description To support the Intel based 10Gb PCI-E Ethernet adapter as a bootable/install device on all i/p6 systems. The driver is "ixgbe". This is a newly included driver. Please refer to DevTrack #200536 for the driver inclusion. This feature is a supplement feature to it. Architecture ppc64 3. Describe the Business Case To provide the adequate support for network boot/install via the new 10Gb PCI-E adapter on i/p6 systems. The boot/install is an essential function for every piece of network device on the system. The lack of it would be considered as a flaw by the customers. Performance Assistance Required? no Benefits To meet customers' expectation on the network adapter support. 4. Sponsor Priority 1 IBM Confidential yes Code Contribution ? no Upstream Acceptance No Code Required Delivery Mechanism Device Driver 5. Hardware to Red Hat: Already provided on site 6. PM Contact: Josh Poulson, jrp.com, 360-857-5053 7. Technical Contact: Wen Xiong, wenxiong.com, 512-838-7922
Nothing needs changed in kudzu.
um, does IBM just want the device IDs added so that the name comes up correctly?
------- Comment From wenxiong.com 2007-11-14 08:52 EDT------- Need RedHat help to put ixgbe driver in ppc boot image or ram filesystem. To make sure that customer can load ixgbe device driver if they want to do boot/install from ixgbe adatper. Thanks, Wendy
This enhancement request was evaluated by the full Red Hat Enterprise Linux team for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux minor release. As a result of this evaluation, Red Hat has tentatively approved inclusion of this feature in the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update minor release. While it is a goal to include this enhancement in the next minor release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the enhancement is not yet committed for inclusion in the next minor release pending the next phase of actual code integration and successful Red Hat and partner testing.
Marking as VERIFIED Testing RHEL5.2-Server-20080219.nightly - Module 'ixgbe' is present in ramdisk on i386, ia64, ppc, and x86_64 - Module 'ixgbe' md5sum matches that of kernel package for the tree - Module manually loads when booting with 'noprobe' on i386,x86_64 and ppc ┌───────────────────────┤ Devices ├────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ The following devices have been found on your system. │ │ │ │ Promise PATA controllers (pata_pdc2027x) │ │ Intel 10 Gigabit PCI Express (ixgbe) │ │ Intel EtherExpress/1000 gigabit (e1000) │ │ │ │ ┌──────┐ ┌────────────┐ │ │ │ Done │ │ Add Device │ │ │ └──────┘ └────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Without hardware in hand, IBM will need to confirm that the module is recognized and loaded automatically in stage#1 anaconda. All signs indicate this should now be the case.
------- Comment From wenxiong.com 2008-03-18 16:04 EDT------- Successive pings in SMS-menu and nim installation are successful with the new Fcode for Knox adapter. I verified this feature on eClipeL4. Thanks, Wendy
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 the 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/RHBA-2008-0397.html