Chapter 5. Device Drivers Emulex lpfc driver 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 0 . For more information on this change, refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Technical Notes . Storage drivers 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 for cciss driver kdump failures. The hpsa driver has been updated to provide a fix for hpsa 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 , and fcoe 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 , and dm / md . Network drivers 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 new bnx2x firmware interface. The iwl6000 and iwlwifi have been updated to the EEPROM version 0x423. Graphics and miscellaneous drivers The Radeon driver has been updated with post-3.0 fixes, including backported DRM and AGP code. The Nouveau and i915 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.

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