Test packages: http://people.canonical.com/~juergh/review/lp1711056/
** Description changed: - We need to support newer Broadcom NetXtreme NICs than what the current - bnxt_en driver can handle. + [Impact] - The plan is to provide a separate driver module called bnxt_en_bpo which - is a backported driver from Broadcom. This driver will be modified to - only support the new NICs that the current kernel driver does not - support. + The current Xenial bnxt_en driver only supports a limited (old) set of + Broadcom NICs. We want to support newer NICs in Xenial without adding + risk for existing users. + + The plan is to provide a separate driver called bnxt_en_bpo which is a + backported driver from Broadcom. This driver will be modified to only + support the new NICs that the current kernel driver does not support so + that they both can co-exist. + + In other words, NICs that used to be supported by Xenial will still be + managed by the current (unmodified) bnxt_en driver. Newer NICs will be + managed by the new bnxt_en_bpo driver. + + [Test Case] + + Due to the unavailability of Broadcom HW, the only test that was run was + to manually load both the bnxt_en and bnxt_en_bpo module to ensure that + they can co-exist. + + [Regression Potential] + + There should be no regression potential, since the current driver is not + modified and the new driver only loads for NICs that are not handled by + the current driver. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711056 Title: Backport more recent Broadcom bnxt_en driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1711056/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
