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Date: Thu, 01 May 2014 13:36:36 -0300 From: "Magnos A. Hammes" <magnos@...hos.com.br> To: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c On 01-05-2014 02:39, Michael Chan wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 00:42 -0300, Magnos A. Hammes wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> I have a Dell server with the following Broadcom gigabit network >> adapter that uses the bnx2 driver: >> >> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II >> BCM5716 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) >> >> I was using kernel 3.2.57 and 3.13.3, but in both of them I faced some >> trouble to make the ethernet adapter work, whatever version of this >> two kernels that I try to boot I get the same error: >> >> Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw" >> Direct firmware load failed with error -2 >> > We no longer put the firmware in the kernel tree, so you need to > download the firmware from the linux-firmware git tree: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git > > > Ok, I cloned that git tree and used the firmwares available there, but it didn't work with this firmware: bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw sha1sum 8f11b39a60a4e1dd3774a10218c913f1cb761353 It only works when I change the source code of "drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c" and compile the kernel again, making him load this firmware "bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a.fw" instead of "bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw". Magnos A. Hammes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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