Bug 511976 - [LTC 5.5 FEAT] BNX2 Driver Update [201499]
Summary: [LTC 5.5 FEAT] BNX2 Driver Update [201499]
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 517377
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.5
Hardware: All
OS: All
high
high
Target Milestone: beta
: 5.5
Assignee: John Feeney
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Blocks: 481160 516612 516613 516615 516617 516620 516621 516634
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Reported: 2009-07-15 20:31 UTC by IBM Bug Proxy
Modified: 2010-10-18 19:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-08-24 18:46:33 UTC
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Description IBM Bug Proxy 2009-07-15 20:31:32 UTC
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Emily J. Ratliff <ratliff.com> - 
1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id:	[201499]
a. Name of Feature:	BNX2 Driver Update
b. Feature Description
An updated version of bnx2 driver is required to address several bug fixes and enhancements.
Broadcom will provide the latest available version.

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 bnx2 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

Comment 1 Andrius Benokraitis 2009-08-24 18:46:33 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 517377 ***


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