CentOS virt - Jul 2015 - missing bnx2x firmware files in Xen4CentOS CentOS6 kernel 3.18.12-11

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

Akemi

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.


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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.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes


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