Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 3 authors, 2012-05-17

Re: Severe regression in bnx2 driver with bonding in post 2.6.30 kernels

From: Bo Mackey <hidden>
Date: 2012-05-17 20:25:08


Stuart Shelton <stuart <at> openobjects.com> writes:

Hi all,

The Broadcom NetXtreme II driver appears to have a severe regression in 
all kernels post 2.6.30 - I've observed problems with 2.6.31, 2.6.32. 
and 2.6.33.

The hardware impacted is an IBM Bladecenter LS21 Blade, model 7971.  We 
have a large number of these, and all are affected.

We use generic channel-bonding, with the following options in modprobe.conf:

Hi Stuart, et. al.,

Has the above issue been fixed? If so, can you please share the root cause and
the diffs? Seeing a similar issue in version 2.0.8 of the bnx2 driver.

Thank you,
Bo
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