New: bnx2 driver of latest kernel 2.6.24 not working with Cisco catalyst 650x Switch

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Quoted 46 lines · On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:06:55 -0800 (PST) [email protected] wrote:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9914
           Summary: bnx2 driver of latest kernel 2.6.24 not working with
                    Cisco catalyst 650x Switch
           Product: Drivers
           Version: 2.5
     KernelVersion: 2.6.24
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Network
        AssignedTo: [email protected]
        ReportedBy: [email protected]
Latest working kernel version: (Works with Redhat 4 kernel) Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.24
Distribution: Self, kernel.org's kernel version 2.6.24 Hardware Environment: Dell 2950
Software Environment: Linux from Scratch, kernel version 2.6.24
Problem Description:
I am using the latest kernel 2.6.24. The hardware unit is a 2950 Dell box. The firmware version of bnx2 is 2.9.1. The bnx2 driver does work with other flavors of Cisco Switches like 290x. It is having problems at a customer site who has a Cisco 650x.
The customer tried the RHEL 4 and does seem to work fine. The RHEL4 comes with the version of bnx2: 1.4.38
The version on 2.6.24 is 1.6.9.
Can anyone give me pointers as to why this is broken? Where can I get a patch?
Any help is appreciated.
Steps to reproduce:
The driver does not auto-negotiate, neither does it work with a fixed link speed.