On 11/11/16 at 08:44am, Jay Rouman wrote: > The part that confuses me is that the kernels that I use are custom > configured for a particular machine. I don't use initramfs or even > allow module loading. All the drivers are actually in the kernel. As > far as I know, no firmware is loaded. But the regression stops the BNX2 > NIC from being discovered by the kernel. Does this make sense? It > seems like removing the firmware loading stops the discovery process > even though no firmware is actually loaded either way.
I tried but didn't find a bnx2 chip spec. Now I post a patches to revert my previous commit and add a function to only try to hard reset bnx2 chip but not involving firmware issues. Will wait and see what bnx2 experts will say. Sorry about the thouble I made to you. > -- > Jay Rouman ([email protected]) > Gratiot/Isabella RESD, Ithaca, MI > > > On 11/10/16 19:19, Jay Rouman wrote: > > > Did this get pushed upstream? I see a new patch for 4.8.7 but the BNX2 > > > regression doesn't seem to be fixed. Or am I missing something? > > > > I don?t think Baoquan?s patch is ready yet. > > > > I guess he will put you in the receivers list, once he sends it for review. > > > > As a workaround, you can put the firmware in the initramfs. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Paul
