| 2017-08-16 07:19:29 |
Juerg Haefliger |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2017-08-16 07:19:55 |
Juerg Haefliger |
linux (Ubuntu): assignee |
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Juerg Haefliger (juergh) |
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| 2017-08-16 07:30:15 |
Ubuntu Kernel Bot |
linux (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Incomplete |
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| 2017-08-16 07:55:52 |
Juerg Haefliger |
summary |
Backport more recent Broadcom bnxt driver |
Backport more recent Broadcom bnxt_en driver |
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| 2017-08-17 12:13:41 |
Stefan Bader |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Xenial |
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| 2017-08-17 12:13:41 |
Stefan Bader |
bug task added |
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linux (Ubuntu Xenial) |
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| 2017-08-17 13:42:42 |
Juerg Haefliger |
description |
We need to support newer Broadcom NetXtreme NICs than what the current bnxt_en driver can handle.
The plan is to provide a separate driver module called bnxt_en_bpo which is a backported driver from Broadcom. This driver will be modified to only support the new NICs that the current kernel driver does not support. |
[Impact]
The current Xenial bnxt_en driver only supports a limited (old) set of Broadcom NICs. We want to support newer NICs in Xenial without adding risk for existing users.
The plan is to provide a separate driver called bnxt_en_bpo which is a backported driver from Broadcom. This driver will be modified to only support the new NICs that the current kernel driver does not support so that they both can co-exist.
In other words, NICs that used to be supported by Xenial will still be managed by the current (unmodified) bnxt_en driver. Newer NICs will be managed by the new bnxt_en_bpo driver.
[Test Case]
Due to the unavailability of Broadcom HW, the only test that was run was to manually load both the bnxt_en and bnxt_en_bpo module to ensure that they can co-exist.
[Regression Potential]
There should be no regression potential, since the current driver is not modified and the new driver only loads for NICs that are not handled by the current driver. |
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| 2017-08-24 16:50:30 |
Kleber Sacilotto de Souza |
linux (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
New |
Fix Committed |
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| 2017-09-01 08:27:41 |
Kleber Sacilotto de Souza |
tags |
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verification-needed-xenial |
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| 2017-09-06 13:47:08 |
Juerg Haefliger |
tags |
verification-needed-xenial |
verification-done-xenial |
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| 2017-09-18 10:11:08 |
Launchpad Janitor |
linux (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2017-09-18 10:11:08 |
Launchpad Janitor |
cve linked |
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2017-1000251 |
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| 2019-06-13 07:10:18 |
Juerg Haefliger |
linux (Ubuntu): status |
Incomplete |
Invalid |
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