Chapter 5. Device Drivers
The default interrupt configuration for the Emulex LPFC FC/FCoE driver has changed from INT-X to MSI-X. This is reflected by the lpfc_use_msi
module parameter (in /sys/class/scsi_host/host#/lpfc_use_msi
) being set to 2
by default, instead of the previous 0
. For more information on this change, refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Technical Notes.
- The
lpfc
driver for Emulex Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters has been updated to version 8.3.5.45.2p. - The
mptfusion
driver has been updated to version 3.4.19. - The
bnx2fc
for the Broadcom Netxtreme II 57712 chip has been updated to version of 1.0.4. - The
qla2xxx
driver for QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs has been updated to version 8.03.07.05.06.2-k. - The
megaraid
driver has been updated to version 5.38. - The
arcmsr
driver for Areca RAID controllers has been updated. - The
beiscsi
driver has been updated to version 2.103.298.0. - The
ipr
driver for IBM Power Linux RAID SCSI HBAs has been updated to version 2.5.2. - The
cciss
driver has been updated to provide a fix forcciss
driver kdump failures. - The
hpsa
driver has been updated to provide a fix forhpsa
driver kdump failures. - The
bnx2i
driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI has been updated to version 2.7.0.3 to support the 578xx family of Multi-Port Single-Chip 10G Ethernet Converged Controllers. - The
mpt2sas
driver has been updated to version 09.101.00.00. - The Brocade BFA FC SCSI driver (
bfa
driver) has been updated to version 2.3.2.4. - The
be2iscsi
driver for ServerEngines BladeEngine 2 Open iSCSI devices has been updated to version 4.0.160r. - The
ata_generic
driver has been updated to add Intel IDE-R ATA support. - The
isci
driver has been updated to version 2.6.40-rc. - The
libfc
,libfcoe
, andfcoe
drivers have been updated. - The
qib
driver TrueScale HCAs has been updated. - The
libata
module has been updated to include improved error handling. - The
md
driver has been updated to include dm-raid target, which provides improved RAID capabilities through a DM interface. The dm-raid code is currently marked as a Technology Preview. - Device Mapper support has been updated to upstream version 3.1+.
- Application support for the
qla4xxx
using bsg/netlink interfaces has been added. - The DIF/DIX kernel code has been updated to the latest upstream version, affecting
scsi
,block
, anddm
/md
.
- The
netxen
driver for NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Network has been updated to version 4.0.75. - The
vmxnet3
driver has been updated. - The
bnx2x
driver has been updated to version 1.70. - The
be2net
driver for ServerEngines BladeEngine2 10Gbps network devices has been updated to version 4.0.100u. - The
ixgbevf
driver has been updated to version 2.1.0-k - The
cxgb4
driver for Chelsio Terminator4 10G Unified Wire Network Controllers has been updated. - The
cxgb3
driver for the Chelsio T3 Family of network devices has been updated. - The
ixgbe
driver for Intel 10 Gigabit PCI Express network devices has been updated to version 3.4.8-k. - The
e1000e
driver for Intel PRO/1000 network devices has been updated to version 1.3.16-k. - The
e1000
driver for Intel PRO/1000 network devices has been updated, providing support for Marvell Alaska M88E1118R PHY. - The
e100
driver has been updated. - The
enic
driver for Cisco 10G Ethernet devices has been updated to version 2.1.1.24. - The
igbvf
driver has been updated to version 2.0.0-k. - The
igb
driver for Intel Gigabit Ethernet Adapters has been updated. - The
bnx2
driver for the NetXtreme II 1 Gigabit Ethernet controllers has been updated to version 2.1.6+. - The
tg3
driver for Broadcom Tigon3 Ethernet devices has been updated to version 3.119. - The
qlcnic
driver for the HP NC-Series QLogic 10 Gigabit Server Adapters has been updated to version 5.0.16+. - The
bna
driver has been updated. - The
r8169
driver has been updated to fix two bugs related to Rx checksum offloading. - The
qlge
driver has been updated to version v1.00.00.29. - The
cnic
driver has been updated to add iSCSI and FCoE support for the 578xx family of Multi-Port Single-Chip 10G Ethernet Converged Controllers, VLAN support, and the newbnx2x
firmware interface. - The
iwl6000
andiwlwifi
have been updated to the EEPROM version 0x423.
- The
Radeon
driver has been updated with post-3.0 fixes, including backported DRM and AGP code. - The
Nouveau
andi915
drivers have been updated, including backported DRM and AGP code. - The Ricoh memory stick driver (
R5C592
) has been updated with the new KFIFO application programming interface. - The
Netjet
driver has been updated to blacklist the Digium TDM400P PCI Card. - The
lm78
driver has been updated. - The
Wacom
driver has been updated to add support for the Cintiq 21UX2, Intuos4 WL, and DTU-2231 adapter cards. - The
Synaptics
driver has been updated to add multi-touch support. - The ALSA HDA audio driver has been updated to enable or improve support for new chipsets and HDA audio codecs.
- The
EDAC
driver has been updated to support the new Northbridge chip for AMD platforms.