Network Device Drivers - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.5 - RELEASE NOTES 2010 Release Note
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4.1. Network Device Drivers
Wireless Rebase
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 contains a major updates to wireless drivers and subsystems in the
kernel.
The iwlwifi drivers for Intel wireless network adapters have been updated. Devices in this hardware
line support 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless protocols. This update provides new
support for iwl6000 and iwl1000 devices, and enhanced support for iwl5000, iwl4965 and
iwl3945 devices.
The rt2x00 drivers for wireless devices has been updated. This update refreshes the drivers for the
Ralink rt2400pci, rt2500pci, rt2500usb, rt61pciand rt73usb chipsets, and the drivers for
the rtl8180 and rtl8187 Realtek chipsets.
The ath9k driver for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN adapters has been enabled.
To support the features of these drivers, the mac80211 and cfg80211 kernel subsystems have been
updated.
Solarflare driver
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, the Solarflare driver (sfc) has been added
Neterion's X3100 Series 10GbE PCIe driver
The vxge driver for Neterion's X3100 Series 10GbE PCIe devices has been updated
27
(BZ#453683
).
ServerEngines BladeEngine2 10Gbps driver
the be2net driver for ServerEngines BladeEngine2 10Gbps network devices has been updated
28
(BZ#549460
)
Cisco 10G Ethernet Driver
the enic driver for Cisco 10G Ethernet devices has been updated to version 1.1.0.100.
29
BZ#550148
(BZ#519086
QLogic 10 Gigabit PCI-E Ethernet Driver
the qlge driver for QLogic 10 Gigabit PCI-E ethernet devices has been updated to version
1.00.00.23.
(BZ#519453
Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet devices
the tg3 driver for Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet devices has been updated.
Intel Gigabit Ethernet Network Devices
the igb driver for Intel Gigabit Ethernet Network devices has been updated.
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=500346
26
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=448856
27
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=453683
28
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=549460
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=519086
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=550148
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=519453
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=515312
33
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=513710
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30
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31
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26
(BZ#448856
)
32
(BZ#515312
)
33
(BZ#513710)
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