Bug 592844 – RHEL5: tg3: 'SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument' setting IP [rhel-5.5.z]

Bug 592844 - RHEL5: tg3: 'SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument' setting IP [rhel-5.5.z]

Summary:	RHEL5: tg3: 'SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument' setting IP [rhel-5.5.z]

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.5
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity high
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Jiri Pirko
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Keywords:	ZStream

Depends On:	587666
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Reported:	2010-05-17 03:18 EDT by RHEL Product and Program Management
Modified:	2015-05-04 21:19 EDT (History)
CC List:	14 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	On the PowerPC architecture, the tg3 driver for Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme NICs that try to enable MSI failed to fall back to INTx mode when MSI initialization failed. With this update, the tg3 driver is able to fall back to INTx mode with cards that attempt to initialize MSI.
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Last Closed:	2010-07-01 14:29:37 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2010:0504	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: kernel security and bug fix update	2010-07-01 14:26:58 EDT

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Description RHEL Product and Program Management 2010-05-17 03:18:21 EDT

This bug has been copied from bug #587666 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Jiri Pirko 2010-06-02 07:11:08 EDT

in 2.6.18-194.5.1.el5

Comment 7 Douglas Silas 2010-06-28 16:20:15 EDT

Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

New Contents:
On the PowerPC architecture, the tg3 driver for Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme NICs that try to enable MSI failed to fall back to INTx mode when MSI initialization failed. With this update, the tg3 driver is able to fall back to INTx mode with cards that attempt to initialize MSI.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2010-07-01 14:29:37 EDT

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-2010-0504.html

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