Bug 702567 - kernel-rt-vanilla-2.6.33.9-rt31.64 is missing (older) firmware files
Summary: kernel-rt-vanilla-2.6.33.9-rt31.64 is missing (older) firmware files
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG
Classification: Red Hat
Component: realtime-kernel
Version: 1.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Real Time Maintenance
QA Contact: David Sommerseth
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-06 07:13 UTC by David Sommerseth
Modified: 2016-05-22 23:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-08-19 20:40:23 UTC
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Description David Sommerseth 2011-05-06 07:13:16 UTC 
When booting kernel-rt-vanilla-2.6.33.9-rt31.64 on boxes which needs firmware, the firmware loader cannot find the required firmware files.  This behaviour can be found on boxes needing the bnx2 driver (ie,ibm-x3950m2-01.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com or dell-per610-01.lab.bos.redhat.com).

The theory is that the kernel-rt{,-debug,-trace} kernels are patched and contains updated bnx2 drivers which loads a newer firmware.  The rt-vanilla kernel is shipped with the new firmware and not the old firmware which its not updated bnx2 driver expects to use.
Comment 1 Beth Uptagrafft 2014-08-19 20:40:23 UTC 
MRG-1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 reached it's end of life on March 31, 2014. Because this issue is against the MRG-1 release, we are closing it WONTFIX. If you believe this is still an issue on our most recent MRG-2.5 3.10 kernel, please file a new issue for tracking.
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