Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-11 Thread Baoquan He
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.

Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-11 Thread Baoquan He
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.

Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-11 Thread Jay Rouman
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

Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-11 Thread Jay Rouman
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

Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Jay, 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

Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Jay, 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

Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-10 Thread Jay Rouman
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? -- Jay Rouman (j...@edzone.net) Gratiot/Isabella RESD, Ithaca, MI > Yes, Paul has reported this. Sorry about this! > > Will work on it right away. > > Thanks

Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-10 Thread Jay Rouman
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? -- Jay Rouman (j...@edzone.net) Gratiot/Isabella RESD, Ithaca, MI > Yes, Paul has reported this. Sorry about this! > > Will work on it right away. > > Thanks

Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-08 Thread Baoquan He
Yes, Paul has reported this. Sorry about this! Will work on it right away. Thanks Baoquan On 11/08/16 at 11:50pm, Frank Reppin wrote: > Hellos, > > ... firmware loading seems to be somewhat broken now with/since > >

Re: bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-08 Thread Baoquan He
Yes, Paul has reported this. Sorry about this! Will work on it right away. Thanks Baoquan On 11/08/16 at 11:50pm, Frank Reppin wrote: > Hellos, > > ... firmware loading seems to be somewhat broken now with/since > >

bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-08 Thread Frank Reppin
Hellos, ... firmware loading seems to be somewhat broken now with/since https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c?id=3e1be7ad2d38c6bd6aeef96df9bd0a7822f4e51c which gives me - on 4.8.6: bnx2 :05:00.0: Direct firmware

bnx2: broken firware loading

2016-11-08 Thread Frank Reppin
Hellos, ... firmware loading seems to be somewhat broken now with/since https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c?id=3e1be7ad2d38c6bd6aeef96df9bd0a7822f4e51c which gives me - on 4.8.6: bnx2 :05:00.0: Direct firmware