bnx2x fails to load firmware. Kernel message is as follows: bnx2x: Broadcom NetXtreme II 5771x/578xx 10/20-Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2x 1.72.51-0 (2012/06/18) bnx2: Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.3.fw" (repeat a few times) In the linux source folder, however, there is bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.1.fw lspci shows 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) This problem happens both with the stable gentoo-sources-3.5.7 and newest gentoo-sources-3.6.6. The 3.4.9 version works fine. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use Broadcome NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet 2. Boot kernel 3.5.7 or 3.6.6 3. Network interface fails to start Actual Results: can not bring eth0 up Expected Results: can bring eth0 up
The only relevant commit that might fix this is >commit 2b674047bef23d49a7ca8ec32f4b9e4e12588621 >Author: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@broadcom.com> >Date: Sun Oct 28 21:59:04 2012 +0000 > > bnx2x: fix HW initialization using fw 7.8.x > > Since commit 96bed4b9 (use FW 7.8.2) BRB HW block needs to be > initialized using fw values for all devices. > Otherwise ETS on 57712/578xx will not work. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@broadcom.com> > Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@broadcom.com> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> This patch will land in 3.7, it was added in Linux 3.7-rc4. Could you try the patch (apply to 3.6.6) I will attach after this comment?
Created attachment 330833 [details] 2b674047bef23d49a7ca8ec32f4b9e4e12588621.patch
Please reopen if the above patch that is present in recent kernels did not fix it for you.
I had the same problem in 3.7.5-hardened-r1 The error message in kern.log is: bnx2: Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.3.fw" The firmware shipped with the kernel is not version 6.2.3 and is in fact an older version. Please reopen the bug.
(In reply to comment #4) > I had the same problem in 3.7.5-hardened-r1 The error message in kern.log > is: bnx2: Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.3.fw" The firmware > shipped with the kernel is not version 6.2.3 and is in fact an older > version. Please reopen the bug. Install sys-kernel/linux-firmware and you should be fine. We were not able to convince upstream to do the obvious thing.
