So you did apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree and still no go? I didn't seem to have any problems with this, though it was on an ia64 machine.
Patrick On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Kaya Saman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I attempted to configure a second nic on my server and added the new > config to the /etc/network/interfaces file however I am left with dmesg > errors: > > [ 44.418128] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: Tigon3 [partno(none) rev 2100] > (PCI:66MHz:64-bit) MAC address 00:14:4f:5d:1e:80 > [ 44.555470] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: attached PHY is 5704 > (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1]) > [ 44.675644] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] > ASF[0] TSOcap[1] > [ 44.779719] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: dma_rwctrl[763f0000] > dma_mask[32-bit] > [ 91.472697] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: Failed to load firmware > "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" > [ 91.568824] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: TSO capability disabled > [ 92.927145] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: No firmware running > [ 93.034647] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready > [31557.037820] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: Failed to load firmware > "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" > [31557.134305] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: TSO capability disabled > [31558.558344] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready > [31734.774354] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: Failed to load firmware > "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" > [31734.870823] tg3 0003:00:02.0: eth1: TSO capability disabled > [31736.351600] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready > > > > The switch which the port is connected to shows physical link and is > provisioned properly for the correct vlan, the first NIC eth0 is also > connected to the same switch and is working fine but still producing errors: > > [ 42.672840] tg3 0000:00:02.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(none) rev 2100] > (PCI:66MHz:64-bit) MAC address 00:14:4f:5d:1e:7e > [ 42.810136] tg3 0000:00:02.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5704 > (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1]) > [ 42.930317] tg3 0000:00:02.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] > ASF[0] TSOcap[1] > [ 43.034393] tg3 0000:00:02.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[763f0000] > dma_mask[32-bit] > [ 81.804867] tg3 0000:00:02.0: eth0: Failed to load firmware > "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" > [ 81.901028] tg3 0000:00:02.0: eth0: TSO capability disabled > [ 83.261266] tg3 0000:00:02.0: eth0: No firmware running > [ 84.321904] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > [ 84.921250] tg3 0000:00:02.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex > [ 85.008173] tg3 0000:00:02.0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off > for RX > [ 85.103732] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready > > > I have tried loading the firmware from: > > http://wiki.debian.org/**Firmware <http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware> > > and putting it into /lib/firmware/tigon however then both NICs fail?? > > > Could anyone suggest anything? With any other OS the system is fine so I'm > guessing it's a kernel bug or so..... > > > > Regards, > > > Kaya > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-sparc-REQUEST@lists.**debian.org<[email protected]> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/**[email protected]<http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]> > >

