Bug 464681
| Summary: | [QLogic 5.3 bug] qla2xxx/qla84xxx: Advertise qla84xx firmware rev. fix netlink code | ||||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | David Somayajulu <david.somayajulu> | ||||||
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Marcus Barrow <mbarrow> | ||||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Martin Jenner <mjenner> | ||||||
| Severity: | urgent | Docs Contact: | |||||||
| Priority: | high | ||||||||
| Version: | 5.3 | CC: | andrew.vasquez, andriusb, coughlan, cward, david.somayajulu, marcus.barrow, qlogic-redhat-ext, seokmann.ju, syeghiay | ||||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||||
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| Last Closed: | 2009-01-20 19:59:39 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||
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| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||||
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| Bug Blocks: | 415811 | ||||||||
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This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release. Created attachment 321535 [details]
management fixes for 84xx
These are critical fixes that allow the display of the embedded firmware version and it's update. Being able to display and then update the firmware are considered critical needs by our OEM's and customers. THe firmware in question is for the chips that provide ethernet support downstream from the FC chip. in kernel-2.6.18-122.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5 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! patch verified in 2.6.18-123.el5 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 |
Created attachment 318002 [details] [QLogic 5.3 bug] qla2xxx/qla84xxx: Advertise qla84xx firmware rev. fix netlink code Description of problem: 1. Advertise the qla84xx firmware revision via sysfs node. 2. qla84xx firmware revision verfication code fixed. The fw rev was not accessed from the correct location in the firmware file. Also the Adapter Specific Command a.k.a IOCB needs additional field to filled. 3. GET Async Events private netlink command support is for all qla2xxx products not just for qla84xx (FCoE line). This is used by Qlogic's HBA Management Application. These fixes have been tested and verified with the linux-2.6.18-115 RHEL5.3 kernel.