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Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 14:30:20 +1000 From: "Michael D. Setzer II" <msetzerii@...il.com> To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel Firmware Support On 7 May 2013 at 10:20, Greg KH wrote: Date sent: Tue, 7 May 2013 10:20:10 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: "Michael D. Setzer II" <msetzerii@...il.com> Copies to: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel Firmware Support > On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 02:56:29PM +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > > On 6 May 2013 at 19:47, Greg KH wrote: > > > > Date sent: Mon, 6 May 2013 19:47:50 -0700 > > From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> > > To: "Michael D. Setzer II" <msetzerii@...il.com> > > Copies to: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: Kernel Firmware Support > > > > > On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 11:44:42AM +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > > > > Looking for method to best support users firmware needs within > > > > the kernel. > > > > > > > > Have a disk-image project that users kernel.org kernels, and have > > > > had users that require firmware that is not included in the > > > > kernel.org source. I've been able to find it in linux-firmware.git and > > > > then manually adding it to the kernel.org firmware directory and > > > > then modifying the Makefile. > > > > > > Use the linux-firmware package, all of the distros package it up for you > > > automatically, and install it in the correct place, so it should "just > > > work". > > > > > > What is failing for you when you use the firmware package? > > > > > > > First, Thanks for the quick reply. The problem is this isn't using a > > distro build. My project (G4L) uses a number of kernels from > > kernel.org and I try to include as many of the nic and other > > devices in the kernel to make it support hardware that is outside > > my control. I've had users with bnx2x hardware that requires > > firmware that is not part of the kernel.org source code, and have > > manuaully added it by putting the .fw file in the subdirectory of > > firmware and modifying the Makefile. Then building the kernel > > includes that additional firmware in the about 8M kernel file that > > the user selects from the CD boot process. > > > > The ideal is to be able to boot from the cd, or load the kernel with > > its filesystem to be able to do partition or disk image backups, but > > it must be able to use the hardware to access the disks and in > > most cases the nic. Without the firmware these bnx2x nics don't > > work. > > > > For awhile I've been manually adding these two firmwares > > ./bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.2.51.0.fw > > ./bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw > > > > But yesterday, I got a message from a different user with screen > > captures that showed failure of loading the firmware below. > > Actually, one screen shot with the 7.0.23.0 and another with the > > 7.0.29.0. Wasn't sure, so I had added all three of th 7.0.x group to > > a test build of my kernels. Is only the latest needed? > > > > ./bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.0.23.0.fw > > ./bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.0.29.0.fw > > ./bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.0.20.0.fw > > If you are supporting multiple versions of the kernel, that need > different versions of the firmware package, then you need to include all > of these to handle that properly. > > Best of luck, Unfortuantely, that didn't fix the problem. For some reason, when this user booted the system, it came up with a different firmware listing. This time it was a 7.8 version. So, I went thru the trouble of adding all of the firmware from the bnx2x to the 3.8.12 kernel, but it increases the kernel size from about 8.7M to 12.5M. So added all of these, and this then worked. bnx2x-e1-6.0.34.0.fw bnx2x-e1-6.2.5.0.fw bnx2x-e1-6.2.9.0.fw bnx2x-e1-7.0.20.0.fw bnx2x-e1-7.0.23.0.fw bnx2x-e1-7.0.29.0.fw bnx2x-e1-7.2.16.0.fw bnx2x-e1-7.2.51.0.fw bnx2x-e1-7.8.17.0.fw bnx2x-e1-7.8.2.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-6.0.34.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-6.2.5.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-6.2.9.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.0.20.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.0.23.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.0.29.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.2.16.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.2.51.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.8.17.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.8.2.0.fw bnx2x-e2-6.0.34.0.fw bnx2x-e2-6.2.5.0.fw bnx2x-e2-6.2.9.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.0.20.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.0.23.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.0.29.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.2.16.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.2.51.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.8.17.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.8.2.0.fw But since I include about 8 kernels on the cd image, add all these to all the kernels would add about 32M. In the past, I had tried to add one set to the filesystem all the kernels load, but it then didn't find the firmware at all, so went back to build the 3 firmwares into the kernels. Know of any documentation on setup firmware that might have the info on how to do it. Thanks again. > > greg k-h +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@...ntos.guam.net mailto:msetzerii@...il.com http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@...E CREDITS SETI 14715813.284302 | EINSTEIN 11214099.389852 ROSETTA 7221087.578604 | ABC 15958460.564726 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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