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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Chelsio cxgb4 driver cannot load firmware

Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Stock ubuntu 14.04 install, updated to the latest packages. Still
  seeing:

  root@ceph-eng-osd-walter:~# dmesg | grep cxgb4
  [    8.075442] cxgb4 0000:0c:00.4: enabling device (0040 -> 0042)
  [    8.080852] cxgb4 0000:0c:00.4: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
  [    8.080853] cxgb4 0000:0c:00.4: Falling back to user helper
  [    8.111546] cxgb4 0000:0c:00.4: unable to load firmware image cxgb4/t4fw.bin, error -2
  [    8.128533] cxgb4 0000:0c:00.4: Coming up as MASTER: Initializing adapter
  [    8.800553] cxgb4 0000:0c:00.4: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
  [    8.800554] cxgb4 0000:0c:00.4: Falling back to user helper
  [    8.808545] cxgb4 0000:0c:00.4: mbox 4: 70000000c1f0203 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  [    9.504543] cxgb4 0000:0c:00.4: Successfully configured using Firmware Configuration File "Firmware Default", version 0x0, computed checksum 0x0

  however:

  root@ceph-eng-osd-walter:~# ls -las /lib/firmware/cxgb4
  total 972
    4 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Dec  6 14:58 .
   20 drwxr-xr-x 61 root root  20480 Dec  6 14:58 ..
  476 -rw-r--r--  1 root root 486912 Sep 18 15:50 t4fw-1.9.23.0.bin
    0 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     17 Sep 18 15:50 t4fw.bin -> t4fw-1.9.23.0.bin
  472 -rw-r--r--  1 root root 481280 Sep 18 15:50 t5fw-1.9.23.0.bin
    0 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     17 Sep 18 15:50 t5fw.bin -> t5fw-1.9.23.0.bin
  root@ceph-eng-osd-walter:~# 

  
  and the module is looking for it there also:

  root@ceph-eng-osd-walter:~# modinfo cxgb4 | grep firmware
  firmware:       cxgb4/t5fw.bin
  firmware:       cxgb4/t4fw.bin
  root@ceph-eng-osd-walter:~# 

  here's update-initramfs:

  root@ceph-eng-osd-walter:~# update-initramfs -uv | grep cxgb
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.13.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/cxgb.ko
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.13.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3.ko
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb3/ael2020_twx_edc.bin
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb3/ael2005_twx_edc.bin
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb3/ael2005_opt_edc.bin
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb3/t3c_psram-1.1.0.bin
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb3/t3b_psram-1.1.0.bin
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb3/t3fw-7.12.0.bin
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.13.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf.ko
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.13.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4.ko
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t5fw.bin
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t4fw.bin
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t5fw.bin
  Adding firmware /lib/firmware/cxgb4/t4fw.bin
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.13.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.ko
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.13.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.ko
  Adding module /lib/modules/3.13.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb3i/cxgb3i.ko
  rm -f ./lib/firmware/cxgb4/t5fw.bin 
  rm -f ./lib/firmware/cxgb4/t4fw.bin 
  root@ceph-eng-osd-walter:~#

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