A typo has been causing the 4 Gb/S firmware to be loaded into the 8 Gb/S cards. This makes the card unable to even bring up a link. The change has been tested at RedHat and with the correction the link is brought up and much I/O has been performed.
Created attachment 293303 [details] Fix firmware load for 25xxx
Created attachment 293308 [details] fix with extra change removed
When I double checked the patch I noticed an extraneous change which I have removed. A clean version has now been attached and posted to rhkl.
in 2.6.18-77.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
Confirmed fix is in the -80.el5 kernel
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-2008-0314.html