Description of problem: When installing package kernel-PAE-2.6.31-12.fc12.i686, a warning about possibly missing firmware files is issued: Install : kernel-PAE-2.6.31-12.fc12.i686 44/195 W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-PAE-2.6.31-12.fc12.i686 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install kernel-PAE-2.6.31-12.fc12.i686 Actual results: Warning about possibly missing firmware files is returned. Expected results: Kernel package gets installed without warning. Additional info: Issue also seen on an x876_64 system.
I see a bit more in this spillage. Namely in addition to missing firmware complaints also this: 63408 blocks get_netlink_msg returned No such file or directory "63408 blocks" most likely comes from a cpio run.
Re "63408 blocks" message, see bug #524017. It is indeed cpio output.
*** Bug 524196 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The error still appears in kernel-2.6.31-40.fc12.i686: Installing : kernel-2.6.31-40.fc12.i686 70/144 W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko
*** Bug 526562 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I get the following on kernel-2.6.31.5-112.fc12.x86_64: W: Possible missing firmware tehuti/firmware.bin for module tehuti.ko W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko
(In reply to comment #6) > W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko This is indeed missing. We are awaiting a license we can use from Adaptec. > W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko This is a false alarm. The HBA has burned-in firmware. The driver provides an option to over-ride the burned-in firmware with an external firmware file. That driver code is what causes the warning message, but this file will not normally be needed to get the system up and running. Tom
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle. Changing version to '12'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
I seem to be hitting this too. Should I also take this as a false alarm? sudo rpm -ivh Download/kernel-2.6.31.6-134.fc12.i686.rpm Download/kernel-firmware-2.6.31.6-134.fc12.noarch.rpm [sudo] password for jon: Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:kernel-firmware ########################################### [ 50%] 2:kernel ########################################### [100%] W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2400_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2322_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2300_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2200_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko
I get the same bug yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update # A lot of packages (...) Mise à jour : kernel-firmware-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.noarch Installation : kernel-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64 35/107 W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2500_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko
I had the same during the latest update cycle today: Installing : kernel-2.6.31.6-162.fc12.i686 36/74 W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2400_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2322_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2300_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2200_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko
yum update or yum install..................... W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko
I still have warnings with today update yum clean all; yum update; Installation : kernel 2.6.31.6-162.fc12.x86_64 48/115 W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2500_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko For full yum output see : http://pastebin.com/m16b432df
There are three separate situations represented here. Two require action, one does not. (In reply to comment #13) > I still have warnings with today update > > yum clean all; yum update; > > Installation : kernel 2.6.31.6-162.fc12.x86_64 > 48/115 > W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko This driver/HBA is capable of loading external firmware, if present, but it is not required. The fw in non-volatile storage on the HBA will generally work well enough. > W: Possible missing firmware ql2500_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko This HBA will not function without loading an external fw file. You need the ql2500-firmware-4.04.09-1.fc12.noarch.rpm package, or similar. > W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko We do not ship this fw because we do not have a proper license. We are trying to fix that. In the meantime, you can get the firmware from the Adaptec web site. Put it in /lib/firmware .
I have the same problem : Installation : kernel-PAE-2.6.31.6-166.fc12.i686 29/74 W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2500_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko If i reboot on this kernel, i have an error message : "Boot has failed: sleeping forever" at boot start. I have found the solution with the mkinitrd that solve this.
(In reply to comment #14) > > W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko > > We do not ship this fw because we do not have a proper license. We are trying > to fix that. In the meantime, you can get the firmware from the Adaptec web > site. Put it in /lib/firmware . Comment #9 and #11 might be helpful to provide a aic94xx-seq.fw: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/82382
A link the the Adaptec firmware download. http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/speed/scsi/linux/aic94xx-seq-30-1_tar_gz.htm for the others: # yum install ql*-firmware
(In reply to comment #17) > for the others: > > # yum install ql*-firmware Just to be clear, the above will fix these warnings: W: Possible missing firmware ql2400_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2322_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2300_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2200_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware ql2100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko it will not fix this warning: W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko This last warning is not fatal. The HBA has built-in firmware. It does not require an external firmware file. The message is printed because the driver is capable of loading an external firmware file, but no such file is found. You would only prove a firmware file if you want to over-ride the HBA's built-in firmware.
Hi, I have a Toshiba Tecra laptop. When attempting to install nvidia drivers, I got two warnings as follows: # yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 ... Running Transaction Installing : nvidia-settings-1.0-3.2.fc12.i686 1/9 Installing : nvidia-xconfig-1.0-1.fc12.i686 2/9 Installing : kernel-2.6.31.6-166.fc12.i686 3/9 W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko Installing : system-config-display-2.2-1.fc12.i686 4/9 Installing : livna-config-display-0.0.23-1.fc11.noarch 5/9 Installing : kmod-nvidia-2.6.31.6-166.fc12.i686-190.42-1.fc12.8.i68 6/9 Installing : kmod-nvidia-190.42-1.fc12.8.i686 7/9 Installing : xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-190.42-5.fc12.i686 8/9 Installing : xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-190.42-5.fc12.i686 9/9 Installed: kmod-nvidia.i686 0:190.42-1.fc12.8 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 0:190.42-5.fc12 Dependency Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.31.6-166.fc12 kmod-nvidia-2.6.31.6-166.fc12.i686.i686 0:190.42-1.fc12.8 livna-config-display.noarch 0:0.0.23-1.fc11 nvidia-settings.i686 0:1.0-3.2.fc12 nvidia-xconfig.i686 0:1.0-1.fc12 system-config-display.i686 0:2.2-1.fc12 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i686 0:190.42-5.fc12 Complete! Here is my kernel version: 2.6.31.6-166.fc12.i686.PAE Here is my video chipset info: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [Geforce Go 6600TE/6200TE] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])[/CODE] Here is the rest of my install process (note the warnings here as well): # su - # sed -i '/root=/s|$| rdblacklist=nouveau|' /boot/grub/grub.conf # mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img # dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r) W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko # sed -i '/root=/s|$| vmalloc=256m|' /boot/grub/grub.conf # setsebool -P allow_execstack on
*** Bug 557517 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Are these warnings problems of kernel or dracut package? I think these was introduced when dracut was used to generate initramfs. It's very disturbing, that I am getting these messages after every update. I use yum-cron to update packages nightly and I don't need similar messages from yum-cron. My hardware is virtual, I use virtio_blk disk driver, there is no ql or aic on my machine, so why I am warned to install unnecessary firmware? Can somebody confirm, that this is a bug of dracut and change component?
My machine not has driver ql or aic on my machine. I ran the yum update to update the kernel in command line, but returned these error. I installed the packages ql*-firmware and reboot my system, and not had boot problem.
I do not see this issue with recent kernels such as 2.6.32.7-37.fc12. Preparing to close this bug report ..
I get this with 2.6.32.11: Running Transaction Installing : xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware-6.13.0-0.21.20100219gite68d3a389.fc12.i686 1/4 Updating : kernel-firmware-2.6.32.11-99.fc12.noarch 2/4 Installing : kernel-PAE-2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686 3/4 W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko W: Possible missing firmware cbfw.bin for module bfa.ko W: Possible missing firmware ctfw.bin for module bfa.ko Cleanup : kernel-firmware-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.noarch 4/4 Installed: kernel-PAE.i686 0:2.6.32.11-99.fc12 Dependency Installed: xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware.i686 0:6.13.0-0.21.20100219gite68d3a389.fc12 Dependency Updated: kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32.11-99.fc12 and 2.6.32.12 (from the updates-testing repo) Running Transaction Updating : kernel-firmware-2.6.32.12-115.fc12.noarch 1/3 Installing : kernel-2.6.32.12-115.fc12.i686 2/3 W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.ko W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq.fw for module aic94xx.ko W: Possible missing firmware cbfw.bin for module bfa.ko W: Possible missing firmware ctfw.bin for module bfa.ko Cleanup : kernel-firmware-2.6.32.11-99.fc12.noarch 3/3 Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.32.12-115.fc12 Dependency Updated: kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32.12-115.fc12
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Still getting this in Fedora 15: # new-kernel-pkg --kernel-args=nomodeset --mkinitrd --dracut --update $(rpm -q --queryformat="%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n" kernel | tail -n 1) W: Possible missing firmware "ct2fw.bin" for kernel module "bfa.ko" W: Possible missing firmware "ctfw.bin" for kernel module "bfa.ko" W: Possible missing firmware "cbfw.bin" for kernel module "bfa.ko" W: Possible missing firmware "aic94xx-seq.fw" for kernel module "aic94xx.ko" W: Possible missing firmware "isci/isci_firmware.bin" for kernel module "isci.ko" W: Possible missing firmware "ql2400_fw.bin" for kernel module "qla2xxx.ko" W: Possible missing firmware "ql2322_fw.bin" for kernel module "qla2xxx.ko" W: Possible missing firmware "ql2300_fw.bin" for kernel module "qla2xxx.ko" W: Possible missing firmware "ql2200_fw.bin" for kernel module "qla2xxx.ko" W: Possible missing firmware "ql2100_fw.bin" for kernel module "qla2xxx.ko"