[HARDY] [SRU] Add support for Broadcom Ethernet 5716 & 5716S

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Mon Mar 1 00:26:01 UTC 2010


On 02/28/2010 05:14 PM, Jerone Young wrote:
> Impact:
> 	Many servers shipped last year have Broadcom Ethernet 5716&  5716S
> cards. They currently are not functional with 8.04.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/linux/+bug/435185
>
> Fix:
> 	Two patches attached to this email add PCI IDs to the driver. Patches
> based on upstream stable commits.
>
> Testcase:
> 	Ethernet works after patches are applied.
>
>

Looks fine, though you should note that this won't solve installation 
problems since the last Hardy point release is already out.

Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>

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