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3.3. Driver Updates


General Driver Updates
  • acpi: updated ibm_acpi module to address several ACPI and docking station issues with Lenovo laptops.
  • ipmi: Polling kthread no longer runs when hardware interrupt is assigned to a Baseboard Management Controller.
  • sata: SATA/SAS upgraded to version 2.6.22-rc3.
  • openib and openmpi: upgraded to OFED (OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution) version 1.2.
  • powernow-k8: upgraded to version 2.0.0 to fully support Greyhound.
  • xinput: added to enable full RSA support.
  • aic94xx: upgraded to version 1.0.2-1, in line with an upgrade of the embedded sequencer firmware to v17. These updates apply the following changes:
    • fixed ascb race condition on platforms with expanders
    • added REQ_TASK_ABORT and DEVICE_RESET handlers
    • physical ports are now cleaned up properly after a discovery error
    • phys can now be enabled and disabled through sysfs
    • extended use of DDB lock to prevent race condition of DDB
Audio
ALSA updated to version 1.0.14. This update applies the following fixes:
  • fixed noise problem on the IBM Taroko (M50)
  • Realtek ALC861 is now supported
  • fixed a muting problem on xw8600 and xw6600
  • ADI 1884 Audio is now supported
  • fixed an audio configuration problem on xw4600
PCI
  • added function calls to set maximum read request size for PCIX and PCI-Express
  • IBM System P machines now support PCI-Express hotplugging
  • added necessary drivers and PCI ID to support SB600 SMBus
Network
  • e1000 driver: updated to version 7.3.20-k2 to support I/OAT-enabled chipsets.
  • bnx2 driver: updated to version 1.5.11 to support 5709 hardware.
  • B44 ethernet driver: backported from upstream version 2.6.22-rc4 to apply the following changes:
    • several endianness fixes were made
    • DMA_30BIT_MASK constant is now used
    • skb_copy_from_linear_data_offset() is now used
    • spin_lock_irqsave() now features safer interrupt disabling
    • simple error checking is performed during resume
    • several fixes to multicast were applied
    • chip reset now takes longer than previously anticipated
  • Marvell sky2 driver: updated to version 1.14 to fix a bug that causes a kernel panic if the ifup/ifdown commands are executed repeatedly.
  • forcedeth-0.60 driver: now included in this release. This applies several critical bug fixes for customers using NVIDIA's MCP55 motherboard chipsets and corresponding onboard NIC.
  • ixgb driver: updated to the latest upstream version (1.0.126).
  • netxen_nic driver: version 3.4.2-2 added to enable support for NetXen 10GbE network cards.
  • Chelsio 10G Ethernet Network Controller is now supported.
  • added support for PCI error recovery to the s2io device.
  • Broadcomm wireless ethernet driver now supports PCI ID for nx6325 card.
  • fixed a bug that caused an ASSERTION FAILED error when attempting to start a BCM4306 via ifup.
  • ixgb driver: updated to add EEH PCI error recovery support for the Intel 10-gigabit ethernet card. For more information, refer to /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-<kernel version>/Documentation/pci-error-recovery.txt.
  • qla3xxx driver: re-enabled and updated to version 2.03.00-k3 to provide networking support for QLogic iSCSI adapters without using iSCSI.
  • qla2xxx: driver upgraded to version 8.01.07-k6. This applies several changes, most notably:
    • iIDMA is now supported
    • the following Fibre Channel attributes are now supported:
      • symbolic nodename
      • system hostname
      • fabric name
      • host port state
    • trace-control async events are no longer logged
    • reset handling logic has been corrected
    • MSI-X is now supported
    • IRQ-0 assignments are now handled per system
    • NVRAM updates immediately go into effect
IPMI
This release includes an update of the IPMI driver set to include the upstream changes as of version 2.6.21.3, with some patches included from 2.6.22-rc-4. This update features the following changes (among others):
  • fixed uninitialized data bug in ipmi_si_intf
  • kipmid is no longer started if another driver supports interrupts
  • users are now allowed to override the kernel daemon enable through force_kipmid
  • per-channel command registration is now supported
  • MAX_IPMI_INTERFACES is no longer used
  • hot system interface removal is now supported
  • added a Maintenance Mode to support firmware updates
  • added poweroff support for the pigeonpoint IPMC
  • BT subdriver can now survive long timeouts
  • added pci_remove handling for proper cleanup on a hot remove
For information about new module parameters, refer to /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-<kernel version>/Documentation/IPMI.txt.
SCSI
  • ported SCSI blacklist from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to this release.
  • added PCI IDs for aic79xx driver.
  • aacraid driver: updated to version 1.1.5-2437 to support PRIMERGY RX800S2 and RX800S3.
  • megaraid_sas driver: updated to version 3.10. This update defines the entry point for bios_param, adds an IOCTL memory pool, and applies several minor bug fixes.
  • Emulex lpfc driver: updated to version 8.1.10.9. This update applies several changes, most notably:
    • fixed host_lock management in the ioctl paths
    • the AMD chipset is now automatically detected, and reduced the DMA length to 1024 bytes
    • nodes are no longer removed during dev_loss_tmo if discovery is active
    • 8GB link speeds are now enabled
  • qla4xxx driver updated to apply the following changes:
    • added support for IPV6, QLE406x and ioctl module
    • fixed a mutex_lock bug that could cause lockups
    • resolved lockup issues of qla4xxx and qla3xxx when attempting to load/unload either interface
  • mpt fusion drivers: updated to version 3.04.04. This update applies several changes, most notably:
    • fixed several error handling bugs
    • mptsas now serializes target resets
    • mptsas and mptfc now support LUNs and targets greater than 255
    • fixed an LSI mptspi driver regression that resulted in extremely slow DVD driver performance
    • when an LSI SCSI device returns a BUSY status, I/O attempts no longer fail after several retries
    • RAID arrays are no longer unavailable after auto-rebuild
  • arcmsr driver: included to provide support for Areca RAID controllers.
  • 3w-9xxx module: updated to correctly support 3ware 9650SE.
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