[pve-devel] bnx2 driver crashing

[Dietmar Maurer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre DERUMIER [mailto:aderumier at odiso.com]
> Sent: Sonntag, 18. September 2011 10:13
> To: Dietmar Maurer
> Cc: pve-devel at pve.proxmox.com
> Subject: Re: [pve-devel] bnx2 driver crashing
> 
> so maybe debian and redhat add some patches to prevent it ?
> 
> found this on redhat (a lot of patches) :
> [Broadcom 5.6 FEAT] Update bnx2 to 2.0.8+
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568601
> 
> The following upstream patches have been applied to these rpms.
>   1. netdev: Remove redundant checks for CAP_NET_ADMIN
>   2. bnx2: avoid compiler errors
>   3. bnx2: EEH is failing without timout
>   4. bnx2: protect tx_timeout_reset with rtnl_lock()
>   5. bnx2: dump some state during tx_timeout()
>   6. bnx2: print warning when unable to allocate
>   7. bnx2: read firmware version from VPD
>   8. bnx2: update version to 2.0.3
>   9. bnx2: Refine VPD logic
>  10. bnx2: reset_task is crashing the kernel  11. bnx2: Fix bnx2_netif_stop()
> merge error  12. bnx2: Flush the register writes which setup the MSI-X  13. bnx2:
> Refine statistics code  14. bnx2: Save statistics during reset  15. net: remove
> HAVE_ leftovers  16. bnx2: Check BNX2_FLAG_USING_MSIX flag  17. bnx2: Need
> to call cnic_setup_cnic_irq_info() after  18. bnx2: Adjust flow control water
> marks  19. bnx2: Allow for user-specific multiple advertisement speed  20. bnx2:
> Fix bug when saving statistics  21. bnx2: Update firmwares and update version to
> 2.0.8
>

Aren't those already included in current RHEL6 kernel?

> To get the "2.0.8+" part, incorporate patches in RHEL6:
>   1. bnx2: Fix netpoll crash
>   2. bnx2: Use proper handler during netpoll
>   3. bnx2: Update 5709 MIPS firmware mips = 5.0.0j15 rv2p = j10
>   4. bnx2: Fix hang during rmmod bnx2
>   5. bnx2: Always enable MSI-X on 5709

And those apply to the original broadcom sources we use? 

- Dietmar