[elrepo] PSA: v5.2 requires a newer broadcom firmware for broadcom nics to work

[Dave Chiluk]

Looks good, the updated linux-firmware allows the nic to come up.

Dave.

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:40 AM Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 15:03, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 21:19, Dave Chiluk via elrepo
> > <elrepo at lists.elrepo.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Kernels newer than v5.2-rc1 are now shipping with
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=32705592f94
> > >
> > > Without this firmware file, affected broadcom bnx2x network cards will
> > > not be able to initialize and will report an error of
> > > "
> > > bnx2x XXXX:XX:XX.X: Direct firmware load for
> > > bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.11.0.fw failed with error -2
> > > bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:13542(em1)]Can't laod firmware file
> > > bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.11.0.fw
> > > "
> > > This is kind of a big breaking change.
> > >
> > > That firmware file can be downloaded and installed into
> > > /lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.11.0.fw
> > > from
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.11.0.fw
> > >
> > > My question is, does ELREPO provide updated linux-firmware rpms
> > > anywhere?  Otherwise users are just going to have to download this
> > > independently.
> >
> > Sorry for the delay in responding, Dave.
> >
> > As the linux-firmware package is relevant to the kernel package and I
> > am responsible for the kernel-ml package sets, I have taken ownership
> > of your request. I have now opened a RFE in the ELRepo Project
> > bug-tracker [1], copying your above message verbatim.
> >
> > All being well I should have an updated package released to the
> > elrepo-testing repository in the next, say, 24 hours. I will mention
> > here once it is available. If you could then test the package and
> > report back with your observations that will be appreciated, please. A
> > positive report will result in the package being promoted from the
> > elrepo-testing to the elrepo-extras repository.
> >
> > Alan.
> >
> > [1] https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=923
>
> The following files have now been released to the elrepo-testing
> repository and are currently synchronising across our network of
> mirror sites.
>
> src
> linux-firmware-20190807-72.1.gitdff98c6.el7_7.elrepo.src.rpm
>
> noarch
> iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl3160-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl6000g2a-firmware-17.168.5.3-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.2-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl7260-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> iwl7265-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.1.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> linux-firmware-20190807-72.1.gitdff98c6.el7_7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
>
> Please test, when time permits, and report back with your findings.
>
> You can update your system with a command sequence similar to the following --
>
> yum --disablerepo \* --enablerepo elrepo-testing clean expire-cache
> yum --disablerepo \* --enablerepo elrepo-testing update linux-firmware
>
> Alan.