[elrepo] Request latest tg3 module for EL6 kernel-lt

[Phil Perry]

On 08/10/15 19:29, Duke Pham via elrepo wrote:
> Hi El Repo
> 
> I would like to request the latest tg3 packaging for el6 kernel-lt for the
> following specific device:
> 
> Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
> Kernel driver in use: tg3
> Kernel modules: tg3
> 
> Current Problem: The 3.10.90-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 has the tg3 module version
> 3.132. This old device drivers causes some packet drops. The tg3 module
> 3.137 fixes the issue.
> 
> Thanks
> --Duke
> 

Hi,

The kernel-lt package will only ever contain the driver version in the
upstream kernel, in this case 3.10.90. You say this is version 3.132.

If you want a newer version than this, then you can use the latest
kmod-tg3, which is currently at version 3.137, with the distro kernel.

But you can't have the latest tg3 driver on kernel-lt (unless it gets
updated at kernel.org).

So in this case the regular distro kernel and kmod-tg3 will give you a
newer tg3 driver than kernel-lt.

Alternatively, try kernel-ml which also provides tg3 v3.137.

Hope that helps.