Chapter 27. Network Driver Updates

The ixgbevf driver has been updated to version 2.12.1-k.

The ixgbe driver has been updated to version 4.2.1-k.

The mlx5_core driver has been updated to version 3.0-1.

The 3c59x network card driver has been updated to the latest upstream version.

The rds (Reliable Datagram Sockets) driver has been updated to the latest upstream version.

The be2iscsi driver has been updated to version 10.4.272.1r, which is the equivalent of upstream version 10.6.0.1.

The fnic driver has been updated to version 1.6.0.17a.

The ocrdma driver has been updated to the latest upstream version.

The ibmveth (IBM Virtual Ethernet) driver has been updated to version 1.05.

The hfi driver has been updated to the latest upstream version.

The ocrdma network hardware driver has been rebased to upstream version 4.1.

The bna driver has been updated to version 3.2.25.1r.

The i40e driver has been updated to version 1.4.7-k. Note that only the Ethernet functionalities of this driver are supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8.

The i40evf driver has been updated to version 1.4.3.

The enic driver has been updated to version 2.3.0.12.

The be2net driver has been updated to version 10.6.0.3r.

The bnx2x driver has been updated to version 1.712.30-0.

The bnx2 driver has been updated to version 2.2.6.

The tg3 driver has been updated to version 3.137.

The e100 driver has been updated to version 3.5.24-k2-NAPI.

The e1000 driver has been updated to version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI.

The e1000e driver has been updated to version 3.2.6-k.

The bfa driver has been updated to upstream version 3.2.25.

The wireless drivers, brcmfmac, rtlwifi, rt2x00, iwlwifi, b43, iwlegacy, carl9170, ath5k, and ath9k, have been updated to the upstream kernel version 4.3.6.