Search
SupportConsoleDevelopersStart a trialContact

Chapter 6. Device Drivers

download PDF

6.1. New drivers

Network drivers

  • Solarflare Siena network driver (sfc-siena), only in IBM Power Systems, Little Endian and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • Nvidia sn2201 platform driver (nvsw-sn2201), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • AMD SEV Guest Driver (sev-guest), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • TDX Guest Driver (tdx-guest), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures

Graphics drivers and miscellaneous drivers

  • ACPI Video Driver (video), only in 64-bit ARM architecture
  • DRM Buddy Allocator (drm_buddy), only in 64-bit ARM architecture and IBM Power Systems, Little Endian
  • DRM display adapter helper (drm_display_helper), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • Intel® GVT-g for KVM (kvmgt), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • HP® iLO/iLO2 management processor (hpilo), only in 64-bit ARM architecture
  • HPE watchdog driver (hpwdt), only in 64-bit ARM architecture
  • AMD HSMP Platform Interface Driver (amd_hsmp.), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures

6.2. Updated drivers

Network drivers

  • Intel® 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver (ixgbe) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® 10 Gigabit Virtual Function Network Driver (ixgbevf) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® 2.5G Ethernet Linux Driver (igc.) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function Network Driver (iavf) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver (i40e) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver (fm10k) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver (igb) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477. (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Gigabit Virtual Function Network Driver (igbvf) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® PRO/1000 Network Driver (e1000e) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Mellanox 5th generation network adapters (ConnectX series) core driver (mlx5_core) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477.
  • The Netronome Flow Processor (NFP) driver (nfp) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477.

Storage drivers

  • Driver for Microchip Smart Family Controller version (smartpqi) has been updated to version 2.1.20-035 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver (lpfc) has been updated to version 14.0.0.18 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • LSI MPT Fusion SAS 3.0 Device Driver (mpt3sas) has been updated to version 43.100.00.00 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • MPI3 Storage Controller Device Driver (mpi3mr) has been updated to version 8.2.0.3.0 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver(qla2xxx) has been updated to version 10.02.07.900-k (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • SCSI debug adapter driver (scsi_debug) has been updated to version 0191.
Red Hat logoGithubRedditYoutubeTwitter

Learn

Try, buy, & sell

Communities

About Red Hat Documentation

We help Red Hat users innovate and achieve their goals with our products and services with content they can trust.

Making open source more inclusive

Red Hat is committed to replacing problematic language in our code, documentation, and web properties. For more details, see the Red Hat Blog.

About Red Hat

We deliver hardened solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core datacenter to the network edge.

© 2024 Red Hat, Inc.