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Emily J. Ratliff <ratliff.com> - 
1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id:	[201500]
a. Name of Feature:	BNX2X Driver Update
b. Feature Description
An updated version of bnx2x driver is required to address several bug fixes and enhancements.
Broadcom will provide the latest available version.

Additional Comments:	Driver maintenance request for the bnx2x driver for RHEL5.5. Driver will come
from Broadcom for the 57710 and 57711 chips.

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	1
f. Severity: High
IBM Confidential:	no
Code Contribution:	3rd party code
g. Component Version Target:	Driver Update

3. Business Case
The bnx2x 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