Bug 42756 - latest bnx2x driver requests fw 7.0.2[39] but kernel only includes fw 6.2.9
Summary: latest bnx2x driver requests fw 7.0.2[39] but kernel only includes fw 6.2.9
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Network (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
Assignee: drivers_network@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
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Reported: 2012-02-10 08:09 UTC by Peter Marquardt
Modified: 2016-03-19 17:28 UTC (History)
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Kernel Version: 3.1 up to 3.3
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Regression: Yes
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Description Peter Marquardt 2012-02-10 08:09:18 UTC 
Hi,

The git firmware reposititory contains the latest and greatest bnx2x broadcom 10 GBit nic drivers

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=summary

and the latest driver sources request version 7.0.2[39] but the firmware binary is missing in the kernel release

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=tree;f=firmware/bnx2x;hb=HEAD


suggested fix: replace binaries in firmware/bnx2x/* with the version requested in
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_hsi.h	

2702 #define BCM_5710_FW_MAJOR_VERSION               7
2703 #define BCM_5710_FW_MINOR_VERSION               0
2704 #define BCM_5710_FW_REVISION_VERSION           29
2705 #define BCM_5710_FW_ENGINEERING_VERSION         0

Is any more information needed ?

... as usual, I'm missing the point, I'm totally oldschool and I'm using outdated code 8-) 

 thanks,

    Peter Marquardt
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