On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 04:23:24PM +0100, ~ tekmans ~ wrote: > > > > I was installing mdadm, sample output below > > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin for module tg3 > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin for module tg3
tg3 stipulates it needs all the thre firmware files: MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_TG3); MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_TG3TSO); MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_TG3TSO5); update-initramfs can't know that the last one is enough for this hardware. > ls -l /lib/firmware/tigon/ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 26 janv. 12:40 tg3.bin -> > /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3884 14 oct. 2009 tg3_tso5.bin > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 26 janv. 12:40 tg3_tso.bin -> > /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin so this looks like special tricking, just properly apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree > > I hope, it'll be helpful currently I think your box hasn't installed the relevant package and thus is non-standard. I wouldn't see this a bug. So unless convinced otherwise, will close. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
