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Bug 511976

Summary:	[LTC 5.5 FEAT] BNX2 Driver Update [201499]
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	IBM Bug Proxy <bugproxy>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	John Feeney <jfeeney>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	5.5	CC:	andriusb, eric.eisenhart, jfeeney, jjarvis, nobody+PNT0273897
Target Milestone:	beta
Target Release:	5.5
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:		Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2009-08-24 18:46:33 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:
Bug Blocks:	481160, 516612, 516613, 516615, 516617, 516620, 516621, 516634

Description IBM Bug Proxy 2009-07-15 20:31:32 UTC

=Comment: #0=================================================
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 ***