Problem with 2.6.38 backport and bnx2 card

July 24th, 2011 - 11:20 am ET by Vincent Maugé | Report spam
Hi,

As already send to debian-backports list, there is an issue with
current 2.6.38 backport kernel and bnx2 firmware.
During install, I get the following message :
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-bpo.2-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1.fw
for module bnx2
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.1.fw
for module bnx2

lspci | grep Broadcom
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)

At reboot I don't get network card

In firmware-bnx2 (0.30) I find the following changelog which fix the issue :
* Broadcom NetXtremeII 5706/5708 firmware (mips), version Linux
2.6.38 (bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.1.fw)
* Broadcom NetXtremeII 5709/5716 firmware (mips), version Linux
2.6.38 (bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1.fw)

Please consider backporting firmware-bnx2 from wheezy to enable
Broadcom under 2.6.38 Kernel.

Regards,

Vincent


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#1 Ben Hutchings
July 24th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ET | Report spam

On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 16:58 +0200, Vincent Maugé wrote:
Hi,

As already send to debian-backports list, there is an issue with
current 2.6.38 backport kernel and bnx2 firmware.


[...]
Please consider backporting firmware-bnx2 from wheezy to enable
Broadcom under 2.6.38 Kernel.



The kernel team doesn't maintain backports.

Ben.

Ben Hutchings
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they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett





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