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3.2. Network Drivers

  • The bnx2x driver firmware has been updated to version 7.0.23, which provides support for new Broadcom 578xx chips.
  • The bnx2x driver has been updated to version 1.70.x.
  • The bnx2i driver has been updated to version 2.7.0.3+.
  • The bnx2 driver has been updated to version 2.1.11.
  • The cnic driver has been updated to version 2.5.3+.
  • The cxgb3 driver for the Chelsio T3 family of network devices has been updated to the latest upstream version.
  • The cxgb4 driver for Chelsio Terminator4 10G Unified Wire Network Controllers has been updated to the latest upstream version.
  • The iw_cxgb4 driver has been updated to the latest upstream version.
  • The netxen_nic driver has been updated to version 4.0.77, which adds support for VLAN RX HW acceleration.
  • The tg3 driver for Broadcom Tigon3 Ethernet devices has been updated to version 3.119.
  • The ixgbe driver for Intel 10 Gigabit PCI Express network devices has been updated to upstream version 3.4.8-k.
  • The ixgbevf driver has been updated to upstream version 2.1.0-k.
  • The igbvf driver has been updated to the latest upstream version.
  • The igb driver for Intel Gigabit Ethernet Adapters has been updated to the latest upstream version, which adds entropy support.
  • The e1000e driver for Intel 82563/6/7, 82571/2/3/4/7/8/9, and 82583 PCI-E family of controllers has been updated to version 1.4.4.
  • The e1000 driver for Intel PRO/1000 PCI and PCI-X family of adapters has been updated to the latest upstream version.
  • The bna driver has been updated to version 3.0.2.2, which provides support for the Brocade 1860 AnyIO Fabric Adapter.
  • The qlge driver has been updated to version 1.00.00.29.
  • The qlcnic driver for HP NC-Series QLogic 10 Gigabit Server Adapters has been updated to version 5.0.18.
  • The be2net driver for ServerEngines BladeEngine2 10Gbps network devices has been updated to the latest upstream version.
  • The enic driver for Cisco 10G Ethernet devices has been updated to version 2.1.1.24.
  • The nbd driver has been updated to add a user-settable timeout (NBD_SET_TIMEOUT) for I/O operations.