Bug 481341

Summary:	loader does not find tg3 NIC for network install
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Will Woods <wwoods>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	rawhide	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, jlaska
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Description Will Woods 2009-01-23 16:31:28 UTC

I'm attempting a http install of 20090123 Rawhide (Anaconda 11.5.0.11), using kernel/initrd in /boot. 

On either i386 or x86_64, I get stuck at the "No driver found" screen. The following error message is in the anaconda log:
  ERROR   : writeDisabledNetInfo failure: 1

syslog has some messages like:

nm-system-settings: intial_add_devices_of_type: could not get device from HAL: The name org.freedesktop.HAL was not provided by any .service files (2).

nm-system-settings: ifcfg-rh: Could not get hostname: failed to read /etc/sysconfig/network

dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 8 matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.4" (uid=0 pid=1422 comm="/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant ...") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.InvalidInterface" requested_reply=0 destination=":1.2" (uid=0 pid=1415 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager ..."))

NetworkManager: <info> HAL re-appeared

Choosing "Select driver" and selecting "tg3" manually has no effect - no new log messages, nothing.

Hitting "Back" causes a SEGV.

This breaks our typical test-install automation stuff, so I'm putting it on F11Alpha; feel free to move it off if you don't think it's worth delaying the release.

Comment 1 Will Woods 2009-01-23 16:32:22 UTC

Err, sorry - it breaks test-install automation stuff, but only for certain hardware. Reconsidered a bit - moving it to F11Blocker.

Comment 2 Will Woods 2009-01-27 19:01:15 UTC

I think I figured this one out. tg3 requires firmware now, and it's not in the anaconda initrd.

[root@brinstar ~]# dmesg | grep tigon
tg3 0000:04:00.0: firmware: requesting tigon/tg3_tso.bin
[root@brinstar ~]# ls /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin
/lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin
[root@brinstar ~]# lsinitrd /boot/snake-initrd.img.1ySoez | grep tg3_tso.bin
init
cpio: premature end of file
[root@brinstar ~]# 

anaconda patch coming soon.

Comment 3 Will Woods 2009-01-27 19:04:00 UTC

The patch should add something like this to mk-images' makemoduletree():

    echo "Copying required firmware..."
    find $MMB_DIR/lib/modules/ -name *.ko | while read module ; do
        for fw in $(modinfo -F firmware $module); do
            cp $KERNELROOT/lib/firmware/$fw $MBD_DIR/firmware
        done
    done

I'll send a real patch along once I've actually tested it.

Comment 4 James Laska 2009-01-27 19:27:42 UTC

Is there a workaround for alpha testers impacted by this?

Comment 5 Will Woods 2009-01-27 20:10:08 UTC

Short of rebuilding the initrd to include the firmware, no. We'll try to get a patch into Alpha if possible.

Comment 6 Chris Lumens 2009-01-28 21:25:08 UTC

I've pushed Will's patch for this that was sent to anaconda-devel-list, so this should be fixed in the next build of anaconda.  Worth a test before declaring victory, though.

Comment 7 Will Woods 2009-02-02 17:34:23 UTC

Tested with current Rawhide / F11Alpha RC images. tg3 works as expected.