linux-kernel - Re: fw_fallback.sh test failed in Debian 11

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:32:54 -0800
From:   Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>
To:     "Zhou, Jie2X" <jie2x.zhou@...el.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "shuah@...nel.org" <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "mcgrof@...nel.org" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        "Zhang, Tianfei" <tianfei.zhang@...el.com>,
        "linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Li, Philip" <philip.li@...el.com>
Subject: Re: fw_fallback.sh test failed in Debian 11



On 11/29/22 21:59, Zhou, Jie2X wrote:
> hi,
>
>> Are you sure you have the proper kernel code loaded with the test
>> firmware code that creates this sysfs file?  Without that, this test
>> will not work.
> I checked following config options, and they all enabled.
>
> tools/testing/selftests/firmware/config
> CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=y
> CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y
> CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y
> CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
> CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
> CONFIG_FW_UPLOAD=y
>
> best regards,

Nevertheless, the error message you reported in your first email indicates
that the test_firmware device may not be present. Did you verify that the running
system reports the expected configs? What does the following command show?

zgrep CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE /proc/config.gz

- Russ