[CentOS-virt] missing bnx2x firmware files in Xen4CentOS CentOS6 kernel 3.18.12-11

Tue Jul 7 20:30:31 UTC 2015
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 07/07/2015 12:20 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 07/07/2015 12:00 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> On 07/07/2015 10:36 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>> Thomas,
>>>>
>>>> Please see if this kernel solves your issues:
>>>>
>>>> http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/xen-kernel/x86_64/Packages/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Johnny Hughes
>>>
>>> There was a response, "Nope, those did not work". See:
>>>
>>> https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=9030#c23582
>>
>> That is a different person (I think .. maybe not), so I will wait for a
>> reply here too and I will make sure I have the latest fw files from
>> kernel.org again.
> 
> OH .. I see, I did not get the firmware files, but their git pointer info :)
> 
> I will rebuild and repost.
> 

Please try the packages that are now in the same location.

http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/xen-kernel/x86_64/Packages/


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