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
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