Upgrading a system from kernel 4.2 to 4.6rc7, there is an extra 2 minute
delay while booting due to these problems:
[ 47.977221] bnx2x 0000:04:00.1: Direct firmware load for
bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.0.fw failed with error -2
[ 48.029997] bnx2x 0000:04:00.1: Falling back to user helper
[** ] A start job is running for Network Manager Wait Online (1min 27s /
no limit)
[ 108.064132] bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:13472(eno50)]Can't load firmware
file bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.0.fw
[ 108.119951] bnx2x: [bnx2x_func_hw_init:5785(eno50)]Error loading firmware
[ 108.156522] bnx2x: [bnx2x_nic_load:2727(eno50)]HW init failed, aborting
[* ] A start job is running for Network Manager Wait Online (1min 28s /
no limit)
These are the versions in /lib/firmware/bnx2x (a RHEL installation):
bnx2x-e2-6.2.9.0.fw bnx2x-e1-7.8.19.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.8.2.0.fw
bnx2x-e1h-6.2.9.0.fw bnx2x-e1-7.8.2.0.fw bnx2x-e2-6.0.34.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-6.2.9.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-6.0.34.0.fw bnx2x-e2-6.2.5.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-6.0.34.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-6.2.5.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.0.20.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-6.2.5.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.0.20.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.0.23.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-7.0.20.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.0.23.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.0.29.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-7.0.23.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.0.29.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.10.51.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-7.0.29.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.10.51.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.12.30.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-7.10.51.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.12.30.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.2.16.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-7.12.30.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.2.16.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.2.51.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-7.2.16.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.2.51.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.8.17.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-7.2.51.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.8.17.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.8.19.0.fw
bnx2x-e1-7.8.17.0.fw bnx2x-e1h-7.8.19.0.fw bnx2x-e2-7.8.2.0.fw
Reverting 5e091e7a "bnx2x: Utilize FW 7.13.1.0" avoids the problem.
I assume getting 7.13.1.0 from the linux-firmware project will also do so.
Could the driver fall back to an older firmware version more gracefully?
4.6rc7
======
[ 0.000000] Linux version 4.6.0-rc7+ ... (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red
Hat 4.8.5-4) (GCC) ) #7 SMP Mon May 9 14:22:53 EDT 2016
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.6.0-rc7+
root=/dev/mapper/rhel-root ro crashkernel=auto rd.lvm.lv=rhel/root
rd.lvm.lv=rhel/swap rhgb quiet efi=debug ... ignore_loglevel
console=ttyS1,115200 console=tty0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
...
[ 16.143816] bnx2x: QLogic 5771x/578xx 10/20-Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2x
1.712.30-0 (2014/02/10)
[ 16.144780] bnx2x 0000:04:00.0: msix capability found
[ 16.144995] bnx2x 0000:04:00.0: part number 0-0-0-0
[ 16.237686] bnx2x 0000:04:00.1: msix capability found
[ 16.237859] bnx2x 0000:04:00.1: part number 0-0-0-0
[ 16.525718] bnx2x 0000:04:00.1 eno50: renamed from eth2
[ 16.648816] bnx2x 0000:04:00.0 eno49: renamed from eth1
...
[ 47.333227] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno2: link is not ready
[ 47.498841] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno2: link is not ready
[ 47.530225] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno3: link is not ready
[ 47.680716] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno3: link is not ready
[ 47.714908] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno1: link is not ready
[ 47.874737] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno1: link is not ready
[ 47.907457] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno50: link is not ready
[ 47.977221] bnx2x 0000:04:00.1: Direct firmware load for
bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.0.fw failed with error -2
[ 48.029997] bnx2x 0000:04:00.1: Falling back to user helper
[ 51.104604] tg3 0000:02:00.1 eno2: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex
[ 51.142403] tg3 0000:02:00.1 eno2: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 51.180648] tg3 0000:02:00.1 eno2: EEE is disabled
[** ] A start job is running for Network Manager Wait Online (1min 27s / no
limit)
[ 108.064132] bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:13472(eno50)]Can't load firmware
file bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.0.fw
[ 108.119951] bnx2x: [bnx2x_func_hw_init:5785(eno50)]Error loading firmware
[ 108.156522] bnx2x: [bnx2x_nic_load:2727(eno50)]HW init failed, aborting
[* ] A start job is running for Network Manager Wait Online (1min 28s / no
limit)
[ 108.435477] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eno2: link becomes ready
[ 108.475065] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno49: link is not ready
[ 108.556168] bnx2x 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for
bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.0.fw failed with error -2
[ 108.608229] bnx2x 0000:04:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[ 169.337933] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno1: link is not ready
[ 169.338749] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno50: link is not ready
[ 169.339772] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno49: link is not ready
[ 169.340630] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno4: link is not ready
Starting WPA Supplicant daemon...
[ OK ] Started WPA Supplicant daemon.
Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
[ OK ] Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
[ OK ] Started Network Manager Wait Online.
Starting LSB: Bring up/down networking...
[FAILED] Failed to start LSB: Bring up/down networking.
See 'systemctl status network.service' for details.
[ OK ] Reached target Network.
Starting Logout off all iSCSI sessions on shutdown...
Starting Enable periodic update of entitlement certificates....
Starting Dynamic System Tuning Daemon...
[ OK ] Started CUPS Printing Service.
Starting CUPS Printing Service...
Starting Notify NFS peers of a restart...
[ OK ] Started OpenSSH server daemon.
Starting OpenSSH server daemon...
Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent...
[ OK ] Reached target Network is Online.
[ OK ] Started Logout off all iSCSI sessions on shutdown.
[ OK ] Started Enable periodic update of entitlement certificates..
[ OK ] Started Notify NFS peers of a restart.
[ OK ] Started Dynamic System Tuning Daemon.
[ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems (Pre).
[ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems.
Starting Virtualization daemon...
Starting Permit User Sessions...
Starting LSB: Starts the Spacewalk Daemon...
Starting Crash recovery kernel arming...
Starting Availability of block devices...
[ OK ] Started Virtualization daemon.
[ OK ] Started Permit User Sessions.
[ OK ] Started LSB: Starts the Spacewalk Daemon.
[ OK ] Started Availability of block devices.
Starting Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit...
[ OK ] Started Command Scheduler.
Starting Command Scheduler...
[ OK ] Started Job spooling tools.
Starting Job spooling tools...
Starting GNOME Display Manager...
[ 176.171405] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[ 176.171406] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <m...@qualcomm.com>
[ OK ] Started Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
[ OK ] Started GNOME Display Manager.
[ 176.747016] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered blocking state
[ 176.778078] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered disabled state
[ 176.808991] device virbr0-nic entered promiscuous mode
[ 177.007764] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered blocking state
[ 177.011281] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered listening state
[ 177.046773] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered disabled state
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.2 (Maipo)
Kernel 4.6.0-rc7+ on an x86_64
s71 login:
4.2
===
[ 0.000000] Linux version 4.2.0-380.13.hpoj.x86_64 (root@blrh6u2x64005) (gcc
version 4.8.3 20140911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-9) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Mar 4 13:19:33 CST
2016
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.2.0-380.13.hpoj.x86_64
root=/dev/mapper/rhel-root ro crashkernel=auto rd.lvm.lv=rhel/root
rd.lvm.lv=rhel/swap rhgb quiet efi=debug ... ignore_loglevel
console=ttyS1,115200 console=tty0
...
[ 46.888499] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno2: link is not ready
[ 46.889525] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno50: link is not ready
Starting Network Manager Wait Online...
[ 47.420000] bnx2x 0000:04:00.1 eno50: using MSI-X IRQs: sp 108 fp[0] 110
... fp[7] 117
[ 48.118821] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno50: link is not ready
[ 48.153042] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno3: link is not ready
[ 48.324725] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno3: link is not ready
[ 48.360099] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno1: link is not ready
[ 48.530094] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno1: link is not ready
[ 48.564963] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno49: link is not ready
[ 49.112598] bnx2x 0000:04:00.0 eno49: using MSI-X IRQs: sp 98 fp[0] 100
... fp[7] 107
[ 49.716845] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno49: link is not ready
[ 49.752453] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno4: link is not ready
[ 49.918571] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno4: link is not ready
[ 49.957314] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno2: link is not ready
[ 49.989835] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno50: link is not ready
[ 50.022918] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno3: link is not ready
[ 50.055375] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno1: link is not ready
[ 50.087663] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno49: link is not ready
[ 50.119932] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eno4: link is not ready
Starting WPA Supplicant daemon...
[ OK ] Started WPA Supplicant daemon.
[ 50.401735] tg3 0000:02:00.1 eno2: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex
[ 50.439124] tg3 0000:02:00.1 eno2: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 50.476727] tg3 0000:02:00.1 eno2: EEE is disabled
[ 50.502943] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eno2: link becomes ready
[ OK ] Started Network Manager Wait Online.
Starting LSB: Bring up/down networking...
Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
[ OK ] Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
[FAILED] Failed to start LSB: Bring up/down networking.
See 'systemctl status network.service' for details.
[ OK ] Reached target Network.
Starting Notify NFS peers of a restart...
[ OK ] Reached target Network is Online.
Starting Dynamic System Tuning Daemon...
Starting Enable periodic update of entitlement certificates....
[ OK ] Started CUPS Printing Service.
Starting CUPS Printing Service...
Starting Logout off all iSCSI sessions on shutdown...
Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent...
[ OK ] Started OpenSSH server daemon.
Starting OpenSSH server daemon...
[ OK ] Started Notify NFS peers of a restart.
[ OK ] Started Enable periodic update of entitlement certificates..
[ OK ] Started Logout off all iSCSI sessions on shutdown.
Starting Availability of block devices...
[ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems (Pre).
[ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems.
Starting Crash recovery kernel arming...
Starting Virtualization daemon...
Starting Permit User Sessions...
Starting LSB: Starts the Spacewalk Daemon...
[ OK ] Started Availability of block devices.
[ OK ] Started Permit User Sessions.
[ OK ] Started LSB: Starts the Spacewalk Daemon.
[ OK ] Started Dynamic System Tuning Daemon.
Starting GNOME Display Manager...
[ OK ] Started Command Scheduler.
Starting Command Scheduler...
[ OK ] Started Job spooling tools.
Starting Job spooling tools...
Starting Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit...
[ OK ] Started Virtualization daemon.
[ OK ] Started GNOME Display Manager.
[ 59.203229] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[ 59.232283] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <m...@qualcomm.com>
[ 59.624817] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered blocking state
[ 59.656216] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered disabled state
[ 59.687578] device virbr0-nic entered promiscuous mode
[ 59.879160] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered blocking state
[ 59.882383] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered listening state
[ 60.865748] bnx2x 0000:04:00.0 eno49: using MSI-X IRQs: sp 98 fp[0] 100
... fp[7] 107
[ 61.891547] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered learning state
[ 62.217602] bnx2x 0000:04:00.1 eno50: using MSI-X IRQs: sp 108 fp[0] 110
... fp[7] 117
[ 62.905227] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered disabled state
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.2 (Maipo)
Kernel 4.6.0-rc7+ on an x86_64
s71 login:
---
Robert Elliott, HPE Persistent Memory
