Bug 785165

Summary: 3.2 Kernels fail bnx2x driver trying to load non-existent firmware
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Stephen Degler <stephen>
Component: linux-firmwareAssignee: Josh Boyer <jwboyer>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 16CC: dwmw2, gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Fixed In Version: linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc16 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Stephen Degler 2012-01-27 13:55:15 UTC
Description of problem:

Stock fedora kernels fail to load bnx2x firmware and fail driver open.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

kernel-3.2.1-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64


How reproducible:

Easy for me.  Just try to boot with either of these kernels.


Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Install Fedora 16 on an HP C class blade with bnx2x.
2.  Boot any 3.2 kernel.
3.  Error messages appear on console and network does not come up.


Actual results:

Error message.  No networking.

Expected results:

Networking functioning properly.

Additional info:

If someone can give me a pointer to the firmware, it would be a great help.

I can test and fix or workaround.

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2012-01-27 15:21:01 UTC
Did the 3.1.x F16 kernels work?  What exactly are the error messages?

There was a firmware update added to the linux-firmware project in October.  Depending on things, we might need to update that package.

Comment 2 Stephen Degler 2012-01-27 19:38:57 UTC
Yes, all 3.1.X kernels work fine.

Here is the error message:

bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:10574(em1)]Can't load firmware file nbx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.0.29.0.fw
bnx2x: [bnx2x_func_hw_init:5382(em1)]Error loading firmware
bnx2x: [bnx2x_nic_load:1823(em1)HW init failed, aborting

Comment 3 Stephen Degler 2012-01-27 19:44:47 UTC
My system only has:

bnx2x-e1h-7.0.20.0.fw
bnx2x-e1h-7.0.23.0.fw

Comment 4 Josh Boyer 2012-01-27 19:47:31 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Yes, all 3.1.X kernels work fine.
> 
> Here is the error message:
> 
> bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:10574(em1)]Can't load firmware file
> nbx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.0.29.0.fw
> bnx2x: [bnx2x_func_hw_init:5382(em1)]Error loading firmware
> bnx2x: [bnx2x_nic_load:1823(em1)HW init failed, aborting

Yes, 7.0.29 is what was added to upstream linux-firmware.  I'll reassign this to that component.

Comment 5 Josh Boyer 2012-02-06 18:07:39 UTC
Stephen could you see if this build works for you:

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3766412

Comment 6 Josh Boyer 2012-02-08 00:42:15 UTC
I've updated f16 and started a new build.  It should resolve this issue.  I'll submit an update in bodhi once the build completes.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-02-08 00:52:59 UTC
linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc15

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-02-08 00:53:55 UTC
linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc16

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2012-02-08 22:54:23 UTC
Package linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc16'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-1455/linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 10 Stephen Degler 2012-02-09 01:27:52 UTC
Applying the rpm in http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3766412
Worked for me.

Thank you.

I'll test with the fc16 version as well.

Comment 11 Stephen Degler 2012-02-10 00:13:42 UTC
Ok, I Also tried

linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc16

And this worked too.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2012-02-15 23:55:26 UTC
linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2012-02-15 23:57:47 UTC
linux-firmware-20120206-0.1.git06c8f81.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.