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[Bug 1378491] Re: Utopic netboot initrd missing bnx2x firmware

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From: Adam Conrad <adconrad@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:01:57 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1378491 <1378491@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Confirmed that new trusty d-i builds contain the expected firmware:

(base)adconrad@cthulhu:~/firm$ lsinitramfs initrd.gz | grep bnx2x.*fw
lib/firmware/3.13.0-40-generic/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.8.17.0.fw
lib/firmware/3.13.0-40-generic/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.8.17.0.fw
lib/firmware/3.13.0-40-generic/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.8.17.0.fw
lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.8.19.0.fw
lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.8.19.0.fw
lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.8.19.0.fw


** Tags removed: verification-needed
** Tags added: verification-done

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu Vivid)
       Status: New => 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:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-firmware source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
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:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-firmware source package in Vivid:
  Fix Released

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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