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[Mathew Hodson <mathew.hodson@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Title:
  cxgb3 firmware missing

Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-firmware source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in linux-firmware source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The main firmware binary for the Chelsio T3 NIC (cxgb3 driver) is
  missing from all recent Ubuntu releases. It keeps getting removed:

  Quantal: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux-firmware.git;a=commit;h=574c3a8c2fe58e0450a74073b7af4d7fc8542890
  Raring: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux-firmware.git;a=commit;h=3035c0ffa3ec8ae002db47b7c4a0d9d44fe1cb87
  Saucy: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux-firmware.git;a=commit;h=2019348a15f06ca823ea9952cf1367e46d5ee912
  Trusty: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux-firmware.git;a=commit;h=736986f8471b7e5bead862a8d9fff90a5a61c2a1
  Utopic: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux-firmware.git;a=commitdiff;h=389ef5b51c03e2fe9c84cfe7772821090cda4d11

  These commits should have KEPT cxgb3/t3fw-7.12.0.bin, which is the
  current version, but removed cxgb3/t3fw-7.0.0.bin,
  cxgb3/t3fw-7.1.0.bin, and cxgb3/t3fw-7.4.0.bin, which are indeed
  obsolete.

  See here that 7.12 is the current version:

  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-utopic.git;a=blob;f=drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/version.h;h=165bfb91487a4a03b09450e440ff5552387b7019;hb=HEAD
  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-utopic.git;a=blob;f=drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c;h=5d9cce053cc9a90df1608d049212f639bf559e10;hb=HEAD#l990

  Here's what one sees in dmesg:

  Oct 12 01:47:02 argon kernel: [   13.225027] cxgb3 0000:03:00.0: found old FW minor version(7.10), driver compiled for version 7.12
  Oct 12 01:47:02 argon kernel: [   13.489590] cxgb3 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
  Oct 12 01:47:02 argon kernel: [   13.489595] cxgb3 0000:03:00.0: Falling back to user helper
  Oct 12 01:47:02 argon kernel: [   13.490221] cxgb3 0000:03:00.0: could not upgrade firmware: unable to load cxgb3/t3fw-7.12.0.bin
  Oct 12 01:47:02 argon kernel: [   13.492557] cxgb3 0000:03:00.0: FW upgrade to 7.12.0 failed

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