Package: firmware-bnx2


Version: 0.14+lenny2


Severity: important


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-- System Information:


Debian Release: 5.0.5


Â* APT prefers stable


Â* APT policy: (500, 'stable')


Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)


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Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP
w/8 CPU cores)


Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8,
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)


Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash


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firmware-bnx2 depends on no
packages.


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firmware-bnx2 recommends no
packages.


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Versions of packages firmware-bnx2
suggests:


iiÂ* initramfs-toolsÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
0.92oÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* tools for generating an initramfs


iiÂ* linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd
2.6.26-24lenny1 Linux 2.6.26 image on AMD64


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Broadcom Nextreme II adapter
firmware versions prior 1.9.26 has a known bug with using idrac with shared
ethernet card.


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if I enable vlan option in idrac
menu and if i using ethernet interface with shared mode (Shared mode means both
idrac controller and


operating system using same
physical ethernet port same time with different MAC and IPÂ* address) when
debian ifup ethernet interface


idrac controller loss connectivity
and when debian ifdown ethernet interface idrac connectivity turns back.


This is and known bug and patched
by Broadcom firmware 1.9.26.Current latest firmware version is 2.0.2 and debian
firmware-bnx2 very


out-of-date.


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I tried manually compile and
install latest Broadcom driver source and problem resolved.For information
refer following


dell support request article :
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2010-April/042060.html

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 09:13 +0300, Sadecehosting Müşteri Hizmetleri
wrote:

> Broadcom Nextreme II adapter firmware versions prior 1.9.26 has a
> known bug with using idrac with shared ethernet card.

You seem to be confusing the driver and firmware versions. The firmware
versions I have seen are 4.x.y. The driver versions are 1.x.y or 2.x.y.
However, so far as I know the driver version went from 1.9.3 to 2.0.0
and there was no 1.9.26..

> This is and known bug and patched by Broadcom firmware 1.9.26.Current
> latest firmware version is 2.0.2 and debian firmware-bnx2 very
> out-of-date.

firmware-bnx2 in stable works with the bnx2 driver in stable. Later
firmware versions probably won't. We would have to update the driver
too, and I don't know whether we can do that without a high risk of
regressions.

Ben.

> I tried manually compile and install latest Broadcom driver source and
> problem resolved.For information refer following
>
> dell support request article :
> http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2010-April/042060.html

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Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.