[CentOS-virt] Fwd: bnx2x driver in Xen4 kernel

Sat Nov 23 15:41:39 UTC 2013
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 11/14/2013 09:53 PM, Dusty Mabe wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
>> I found an issue with the new firmware patch ... it is fixed in testing
>> now and I will push it on the next kernel update ...
>>
>> If you want to test, the kernel here should work and has the new driver:
>>
>> http://dev.centos.org/centos/6/xen-c6-RC1/
>>
>> Note: that is a 3.10.18 kernel and is currently in testing, but should
>> work on the xen4centos6 repo
>
> Looks like the new kernel is looking for a newer firmware:
>
> bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:12263(eth0)]Can't load firmware file
> bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.8.17.0.fw
>

It seems broadcom NICs and the kernel interact strangely indeed ...

I am going to go about this in a different way .. instead of doing it
piecemeal (which means I need individual people to tell me theirs is not
working), I am just going to put every FW Driver for bn2x and bnx2x into
the new kernel ... I am trying that now in a version that is
3.10.20-10.  I am not sure why this is not being done now upstream, but
lets see what happens.

I will send another email to the list if this builds .. when it is
available.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes

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