Hi,
I'm using the 2.6.32.x longterm series for our servers but we
are facing a problem with the bnx2x driver module in our latest
G7 HP blade servers, the module exists but it doenst ping and
cant access any node in the network, i saw too that the
broadcom and hp driver specs can't build on 2.6.32 kernel
because they only support the 2.6.18 redhat series. The version
maintained by CentOS/Redhat om 5.x release works but it is
based on 2.6.18 kernel.
My initial idea was pull the CentOS 6 kernel source (based on
2.6.32) and make a patch of the bnx2x driver for my kernel
source, the patch applies but when i boot the kernel the
version it remains the same, i saw that the /firmware directory
has some bnx2x files on it, my question to you is that i
couldnt find anywhere is how the .c file and the .fw
correlates , or , how can i create a real backport of this
driver so i can use an usable version of the driver for the
longterm release?
I'm starting to read Linux Device Drivers but i really don't
know if this question will be answered on it, if you guys have
more sources of information so i can read i'll be glad if
send me some .
Thanks in advance,
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