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
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