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This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.138

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linux-firmware (1.138) utopic; urgency=medium

  * Add bnx2x firmware to the NIC firmware udeb to support net booting as described
    by the kernel MODULE_FIRMWARE statements:
     debian.master/abi/3.16.0-23.31/fwinfo:firmware:       bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.8.19.0.fw
     debian.master/abi/3.16.0-23.31/fwinfo:firmware:       bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.8.19.0.fw
     debian.master/abi/3.16.0-23.31/fwinfo:firmware:       bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.8.19.0.fw
    -LP: #1378491
 -- Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>   Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:08:00 -0400

** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Utopic)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Utopic netboot initrd missing bnx2x firmware

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “debian-installer” source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in “linux” source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in “debian-installer” source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released
Status in “debian-installer” source package in Vivid:
  New
Status in “linux” source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Vivid:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  When trying to do a network install with the kernel and initrd in:

  http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/utopic/main/installer-
  ppc64el/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/ppc64el/

  It fails because the bnx2x firmware is missing:

  [   39.992725] bnx2x: [bnx2x_nic_load:2685(eth10)]HW init failed, aborting
  [   40.076539] bnx2x 0004:01:00.1: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
  [   40.076542] bnx2x 0004:01:00.1: Falling back to user helper
  [   40.076799] bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:12816(eth9)]Can't load firmware file bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.8.19.0.fw
  [   40.076801] bnx2x: [bnx2x_func_hw_init:5506(eth9)]Error loading firmware

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