You have been subscribed to a public bug: Network install using Broadcom bnx2x based NICs is failing. This appears to be a repeat of LP bug 1378491 as the dmesg log is reporting errors like the following:
[ 15.754906] bnx2x 0003:80:00.0: Direct firmware load for bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.12.30.0.fw failed with error -2 [ 15.754914] bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:13406(enP3p128s0f0)]Can't load firmware file bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.12.30.0.fw A scan of the initrd from /ubuntu-ports/dists/xenial/main/installer- ppc64el/20101020ubuntu419/images/netboot shows that the firmware files are downrev: ./lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.10.51.0.fw ./lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.8.19.0.fw ./lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.8.19.0.fw ./lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.10.51.0.fw ./lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.10.51.0.fw ./lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.8.19.0.fw ** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team) Status: New ** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-136904 severity-critical targetmilestone-inin1604 -- In A Single Power VM LPAR : Network Configuration Fails in Ubuntu16.04 while installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1544321 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp