Re: [Unattended-Dev] bnx2 driver firmware doesn't load on 4.9

2011-07-29 Thread Paul Civati
Timothy J Massey wrote: > From my understanding, compiling in the firmware runs into both > licensing problems (GPL and non-Free code) and technical problems > (because it's not legal, a method has not really been created for this). Sure, was thinking for my own personal modification rather than

Re: [Unattended-Dev] bnx2 driver firmware doesn't load on 4.9

2011-07-29 Thread Timothy J Massey
>From my understanding, compiling in the firmware runs into both licensing >problems (GPL and non-Free code) and technical problems (because it's not >legal, a method has not really been created for this). But like I said, my problem was the everlasting delay, and once I fixed that my interest

Re: bnx2 driver firmware doesn't load on 4.9

2011-07-29 Thread Paul Civati
Timothy J Massey wrote: > It's not. Loadable firmware requires udev/hotplug, in my understanding, > and the Unattended boot CD doesn't support udev/hotplug Thanks for the explanation. > No. AFAICT, loadable firmware has *never* worked with the Unattended boot > CD. > > I asked about this s

Re: bnx2 driver firmware doesn't load on 4.9

2011-07-29 Thread Timothy J Massey
Paul Civati wrote on 07/29/2011 04:46:16 PM: > I'm trying to boot on a Dell R210 but the bnx2 driver fails to > load the firmware on 4.9. > > This is what happens: > > # modprobe -v bnx2 > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.38.6/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko > bnx2: Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Dri

bnx2 driver firmware doesn't load on 4.9

2011-07-29 Thread Paul Civati
I'm trying to boot on a Dell R210 but the bnx2 driver fails to load the firmware on 4.9. This is what happens: # modprobe -v bnx2 insmod /lib/modules/2.6.38.6/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko bnx2: Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2 v2.0.21 (Dec 23, 2010) bnx2 :02:00.0: PCI INT A ->