Hi, On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 06:03:18PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 06 March 2010, Marc Haber wrote: > > when trying to install Debian from today's squeeze daily image on a hp > > ProLiant DL385G6, there are multiple images with the network interfaces, > > which are bnx2. It needs bnx2-mips-09-5.0.0.j3.fw and > > bnx2-rv2p-09.5.0.0.j3.fw, and I had to bring them to the system in > > question on an USB stick. > > How exactly did you bring them in? As loose files or using the relevant > firmware deb? The best method, especially when subdirs are involved, is to > simply have the deb available in the root dir of your USB stick.
I had them as two loose .fw files, as the installation instructions suggest that this was going to work. I didn't dare using the deb although ... > Could you try if that does work correctly? ... this works correctly. > > - bnx2-mips-09-5.0.0.j3.fw files is is only found if in a bnx2/ > > subdirectory. > > - If found, it is placed into /lib/firmware > > - the driver expects it in /lib/firmware/bnx2 though > > - /lib/firmware/bnx2 is deleted during the "search for firmware" process > > We currently don't really allow for copying files into subdirs. That's sad since that's where the drivers seem to expect them. > But it's still strange as I don't see anything in our code that would > delete subdirectories under /lib/firmware, so I don't see how an > existing subdir could disappear. The subdir doesn't disappear, it is emptied. Sorry for the misleading wording. > Can you run the install again in expert mode and, before you get to the > hardware detection stage, add a 'set -x' in /bin/check-missing-firmware > and then send the syslog (gzipped!)? This with only the loose firmware > files on the USB stick of course. Attached. > You can do all this without destroying your existing install. Just make > sure to abort the install before partitioning. I did this while installing a 32bit install in parallel to the existing 64bit install, which behaved identically. Sadly, the system is only a test installation; the boxes are going to be used as ESX hosts. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190
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