On 07/05/2015 11:35 AM, T.Weyergraf wrote: > Hi folks > > As mentioned in the subject, kernel-3.18.12-11 is missing firmware files > required to run Broadcom/Qlogic network cards, driven by bnx2x driver. > While in the source-rpm, there is a bnx2/bnx2x firmware tgz being > applied during the rpm build, along with a patch adding these firmware > files to firmware/Makefile, neither the tgz nor the patch contain the > required firmware files. In 3.18, the driver bumped to version > 1.710.51-0, requiring the following firmware files/versions to work: > > firmware: bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.10.51.0.fw > firmware: bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.10.51.0.fw > firmware: bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.10.51.0.fw > > I helped myself by either copying the required firmware-files to the > target-machines' /lib/firmware/bnx2x dir and ultimately by adding the > files to the source-rpm along with a new Makefile patch and rebuilding > the kernel rpms. > > However, as bnx2x NICs seem quite commonplace these days, I suggest to > fix this 'upstream'. If required, I can provide the (trivial) patch. I > pulled the firmware-files from a CentOS 7 stock kernel. > Let me take a look ... I have not updated the tgz file from the main upstream kernel tree in a while. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20150706/0da76bc4/attachment-0004.sig>