Chapter 6. Device Drivers

6.1. New drivers

Network drivers

  • Solarflare Siena network driver (sfc-siena), only in IBM Power Systems, Little Endian and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • Nvidia sn2201 platform driver (nvsw-sn2201), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • AMD SEV Guest Driver (sev-guest), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • TDX Guest Driver (tdx-guest), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures

Graphics drivers and miscellaneous drivers

  • ACPI Video Driver (video), only in 64-bit ARM architecture
  • DRM Buddy Allocator (drm_buddy), only in 64-bit ARM architecture and IBM Power Systems, Little Endian
  • DRM display adapter helper (drm_display_helper), only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • Intel® GVT-g for KVM (kvmgt), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
  • HP® iLO/iLO2 management processor (hpilo), only in 64-bit ARM architecture
  • HPE watchdog driver (hpwdt), only in 64-bit ARM architecture
  • AMD HSMP Platform Interface Driver (amd_hsmp.), only in AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures

6.2. Updated drivers

Network drivers

  • Intel® 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver (ixgbe) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® 10 Gigabit Virtual Function Network Driver (ixgbevf) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® 2.5G Ethernet Linux Driver (igc.) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function Network Driver (iavf) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver (i40e) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver (fm10k) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver (igb) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477. (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® Gigabit Virtual Function Network Driver (igbvf) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Intel® PRO/1000 Network Driver (e1000e) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Mellanox 5th generation network adapters (ConnectX series) core driver (mlx5_core) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477.
  • The Netronome Flow Processor (NFP) driver (nfp) has been updated to version 4.18.0-477.

Storage drivers

  • Driver for Microchip Smart Family Controller version (smartpqi) has been updated to version 2.1.20-035 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver (lpfc) has been updated to version 14.0.0.18 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • LSI MPT Fusion SAS 3.0 Device Driver (mpt3sas) has been updated to version 43.100.00.00 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • MPI3 Storage Controller Device Driver (mpi3mr) has been updated to version 8.2.0.3.0 (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver(qla2xxx) has been updated to version 10.02.07.900-k (only in 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures).
  • SCSI debug adapter driver (scsi_debug) has been updated to version 0191.