[Bug 615399] [NEW] Fully support BCM5716 chipset

[Scott Clark]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

As a continuation of bug #435185:

I'm using this proposed ubuntu-installer (from
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-proposed/main/installer-
amd64/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/) to install hardy
on Dell r210s and r410s with the BCM5716 chipset, as the standard Hardy
installer doesn't support the 5716.

We use IPMI to remotely control the power using the builtin BMC using a
802.1q vlan (the ipmi vlan is tagged, normal public network is native
vlan on the switchport)

As soon as the bnx2 driver is loaded during the install ipmi stops
responding, but the install completes successfully.

Rebooting the machine manually, ipmi starts to work again up until the bnx2 driver is loaded again.
Removing the bnx2 driver using rmmod, it starts to respond again, but obviously I loose network connectivity.

I've installed the latest bnx2 driver from Broadcom, updated my initrd
and now when it loads the bnx2 driver, ipmi still works as expected.

So it looks like you'll have to update to the latest (or a later
version) of the bnx driver like Redhat do to support the 5716
properly...

Installing Lucid on the same machine works as expected, the bnx2 is loaded and ipmi still works.
Can't use Lucid on this box full time, as I need to support Plesk :( 
Parallels haven't yet released a version of Plesk that works on Lucid, and the earliest ETA I've seen for support is January 2010.

Scott

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Fully support BCM5716 chipset
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