Bug#565960: bnx2 can crash in various cases

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.26-21
Severity: important
Tags: patch fixed-upstream

Netconsole would panic when resetting bnx2 devices.  This was fixed in
v2.6.27 (commit id 9a120bc570627342c17befaa6af9b0a556dfda48).

bnx2 can crash if 'ethtool -s' is run on a device is down.  This was
fixed in v2.6.27 (commit id d6b14486953d0e8d1c57db29bf6104cea198b884).

bnx2_poll_work() has race conditions that can lead to a panic.  This
was fixed in v2.6.27.25 (commit id
44c94aa0806d36ee902350027c20c63283923112).

I believe these fixes are suitable for a stable release, but am not
able to test them myself.

Ben.

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