RHEL9 want to use a driver

[Asuka17377]

I buy 2 10GE NIC.TheQlogic BR-1860-2A.
But RHEL's driver is simply too old.Unfortunately, it also seems to specify the kernel version,I can't use it on RHEL9.

But another system administrator told me.This NIC works fine on his Ubuntu . Even Ubuntu doesn't require manual install the driver.
Well,I followed his advice and looked at the Kconfig file.It looks like the RHEL kernel did not compile this driver

I don't want to build a custom kernel,Migration system also seems troublesome.
Can I backport a driver for RHEL9?How to do it if possible？

 

[rtech]

You could try to enable UEK kernel repo for Oracle Linux but you will be mixing RHEL with Oracle linux which might not appeal to you.

cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) > filename.config

CONFIG_BNA=m

 

[BoredSysadmin]

Have you tried Lenovo's drivers?

QLogic BR series BootCode Update for 16G FC, 10G CNA and 4/8G FC HBA for Linux - Lenovo Support US

datacentersupport.lenovo.com

They have a newer v3-2-7-0 driver, which supports a newer rhel 7.2.
which are the latest version:

QLogic Driver Download - Converged Network Adapters - BR-1860-2 - Linux Red Hat (64-bit)

web.archive.org

a Bonus:
BR-1860 Admin guide:

QLogic BR-1860 Adapter Administrator s Guide | Manualzz

manualzz.com

 

[Asuka17377]

Have you tried Lenovo's drivers?

QLogic BR series BootCode Update for 16G FC, 10G CNA and 4/8G FC HBA for Linux - Lenovo Support US

datacentersupport.lenovo.com

They have a newer v3-2-7-0 driver, which supports a newer rhel 7.2.
which are the latest version:

QLogic Driver Download - Converged Network Adapters - BR-1860-2 - Linux Red Hat (64-bit)

web.archive.org

a Bonus:
BR-1860 Admin guide:

QLogic BR-1860 Adapter Administrator s Guide | Manualzz

manualzz.com

No, but it says "Bootcod" and the file name below has "fw" in it, is this really the driver?

 

[Asuka17377]

You could try to enable UEK kernel repo for Oracle Linux but you will be mixing RHEL with Oracle linux which might not appeal to you.

cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) > filename.config

CONFIG_BNA=m

Well... I got that file by doing this

dnf -y install kernel-devel
vim /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/.config

 

[Asuka17377]

ok,I found the driver here:the driver link
but seems to have some serious problems

 

[BoredSysadmin]

No, but it says "Bootcod" and the file name below has "fw" in it, is this really the driver?

oops, it's all bootcode/ firmware. I'll try to find the drivers, but it's not easy

 

[Asuka17377]

oops, it's all bootcode/ firmware. I'll try to find the drivers, but it's not easy

I found linus github,you can see the code, The kernel should have this driver.
the Linux code
I use VMware workstation,use Ubuntu to test the NIC：Indeed, it can be used directly. No additional drivers required.
Why RHEL so complicated?