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Bug 496126

Summary: [QLogic 5.4 bug] qla2xxx - updates and fixes from upstream, part 4
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Marcus Barrow <mbarrow>
Component: kernelAssignee: Marcus Barrow <mbarrow>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 5.4CC: andrew.vasquez, andriusb, coughlan, cward, czhang, dzickus, mgahagan, qlogic-redhat-ext, rlary
Target Milestone: betaKeywords: OtherQA
Target Release: 5.4   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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qla2xxx rhel 5.4 part 4 none

Description Marcus Barrow 2009-04-16 19:10:30 UTC
There have been numerous updates to the upstream driver since the 5.3
submissions. There will be several batches of patches to attempt to bring the
driver closer to it's upstream cousin.

This is the fourth batch. 

- Correct bus reset behaviour with recent ISPs
- Export VLAN ID and MAC address
- Explicitly set the execution throttle with recent ISP's
- Made driver source kABI compliant.
- Don't try to stop firmware if already in ROM code
- Correct hard coded address of a second port's NVRAM
- Export negotiated fabric parameters for application
- Export TLV data on supported ISPs
- Fixed model description attribute for ISP 8G and above
- Make dcbx pointers NULL after freeing memory
- Updated-version-to-8.03.00.04.05.04-k

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2009-04-16 20:28:51 UTC
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.

Comment 2 Marcus Barrow 2009-04-17 16:29:33 UTC
Created attachment 340042 [details]
qla2xxx rhel 5.4 part 4


Fourth group of update patches for rhel 5.4. Problems found, fixed and tested by QLogic and it's partners.

Comment 3 Don Zickus 2009-05-06 17:18:00 UTC
in kernel-2.6.18-144.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5

Please do NOT transition this bugzilla state to VERIFIED until our QE team
has sent specific instructions indicating when to do so.  However feel free
to provide a comment indicating that this fix has been verified.

Comment 5 Richard A Lary 2009-05-07 17:05:47 UTC
Verified driver version 8.03.00.04.05.04-k
Testing underway on IBM Power PC QLogic FCoE adapter.

Comment 6 Chris Ward 2009-06-14 23:21:09 UTC
~~ Attention Partners RHEL 5.4 Partner Alpha Released! ~~

RHEL 5.4 Partner Alpha has been released on partners.redhat.com. There should
be a fix present that addresses this particular request. Please test and report back your results here, at your earliest convenience. Our Public Beta release is just around the corner!

If you encounter any issues, please set the bug back to the ASSIGNED state and
describe the issues you encountered. If you have verified the request functions as expected, please set your Partner ID in the Partner field above to indicate successful test results. Do not flip the bug status to VERIFIED. Further questions can be directed to your Red Hat Partner Manager. Thanks!

Comment 7 Chris Ward 2009-07-03 18:41:44 UTC
~~ Attention - RHEL 5.4 Beta Released! ~~

RHEL 5.4 Beta has been released! There should be a fix present in the Beta release that addresses this particular request. Please test and report back results here, at your earliest convenience. RHEL 5.4 General Availability release is just around the corner!

If you encounter any issues while testing Beta, please describe the issues you have encountered and set the bug into NEED_INFO. If you encounter new issues, please clone this bug to open a new issue and request it be reviewed for inclusion in RHEL 5.4 or a later update, if it is not of urgent severity.

Please do not flip the bug status to VERIFIED. Only post your verification results, and if available, update Verified field with the appropriate value.

Questions can be posted to this bug or your customer or partner representative.

Comment 8 Chris Ward 2009-07-10 19:12:25 UTC
~~ Attention Partners - RHEL 5.4 Snapshot 1 Released! ~~

RHEL 5.4 Snapshot 1 has been released on partners.redhat.com. If you have already reported your test results, you can safely ignore this request. Otherwise, please notice that there should be a fix available now that addresses this particular request. Please test and report back your results here, at your earliest convenience. The RHEL 5.4 exception freeze is quickly approaching.

If you encounter any issues while testing Beta, please describe the issues you have encountered and set the bug into NEED_INFO. If you encounter new issues, please clone this bug to open a new issue and request it be reviewed for inclusion in RHEL 5.4 or a later update, if it is not of urgent severity.

Do not flip the bug status to VERIFIED. Instead, please set your Partner ID in the Verified field above if you have successfully verified the resolution of this issue. 

Further questions can be directed to your Red Hat Partner Manager or other appropriate customer representative.

Comment 9 Caspar Zhang 2009-07-29 05:15:02 UTC
Verified that the patch to this bug is included in kernel-2.6.18-160.el5

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-02 08:29:12 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-2009-1243.html