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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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