Re: [stable] Adding bnx2x driver in 5.0.3
dann frazier wrote: On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 03:18:53PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: Otavio Salvador wrote: - Update kernel-wedge/stable to include bnx2x if available (are there space issues here?) The space usage is neglitable and I think it can be done with a very small risk of regressions. Be sure to use the kernel-wedge of lenny for building it since we've changed kernel-wedge a lot during the 2.6.30 migration and it is not suitable for the lenny usage. What's the status here? I can get this done tomorrow. Good. - Update d-i in 5.0.3 to incorporate this driver Yes, you got the picture right. I offer help if required. This can probably be done already when kernel-wedge is updated? Please don't delay when unnecessary, TIA. Do we have an estimate for 5.0.3 yet? Reason I ask is that there is typically always some kernel changes queued - security or otherwise. I do understand wanting to have p-u in an always-releasable state, but it can be a lot of throwaway work given that a security update would force us to do a complete rebuild. If we have a target date in mind I could work up a schedule (w/ buffer room) to make sure that all the pieces are in place ahead of time. In the past we have almost always redone d-i after a kernel upload, though that should only be necessary when d-i related changes or an ABI bump is included... Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [stable] Adding bnx2x driver in 5.0.3
Otavio Salvador wrote: Hello dann, On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM, dann frazierda...@debian.org wrote: The bnx2x driver was disabled in lenny due to its use of non-free firmware. I have put together a patch that would reenable this driver in lenny's 2.6.26 kernel, making use of the firmware split-out patch that has gone upstream in Linux 2.6.31-rc releases (and is currently in use in the linux-2.6 2.6.30 packages in sid). Really good news :-) I'd like to see if we can enable the use of this driver in 5.0.3. As far as I can tell, the necessary steps would be: - Update the kernel (obviously) - planned for a p-u upload this week - Backport the necessary changes for firmware-nonfree from sid to add the firmware-bnx2x package AFAICS both above are done? - Update kernel-wedge/stable to include bnx2x if available (are there space issues here?) The space usage is neglitable and I think it can be done with a very small risk of regressions. Be sure to use the kernel-wedge of lenny for building it since we've changed kernel-wedge a lot during the 2.6.30 migration and it is not suitable for the lenny usage. What's the status here? - Update d-i in 5.0.3 to incorporate this driver Yes, you got the picture right. I offer help if required. This can probably be done already when kernel-wedge is updated? Please don't delay when unnecessary, TIA. Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [stable] Adding bnx2x driver in 5.0.3
On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 03:18:53PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: Otavio Salvador wrote: Hello dann, On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM, dann frazierda...@debian.org wrote: The bnx2x driver was disabled in lenny due to its use of non-free firmware. I have put together a patch that would reenable this driver in lenny's 2.6.26 kernel, making use of the firmware split-out patch that has gone upstream in Linux 2.6.31-rc releases (and is currently in use in the linux-2.6 2.6.30 packages in sid). Really good news :-) I'd like to see if we can enable the use of this driver in 5.0.3. As far as I can tell, the necessary steps would be: - Update the kernel (obviously) - planned for a p-u upload this week - Backport the necessary changes for firmware-nonfree from sid to add the firmware-bnx2x package AFAICS both above are done? yep. - Update kernel-wedge/stable to include bnx2x if available (are there space issues here?) The space usage is neglitable and I think it can be done with a very small risk of regressions. Be sure to use the kernel-wedge of lenny for building it since we've changed kernel-wedge a lot during the 2.6.30 migration and it is not suitable for the lenny usage. What's the status here? I can get this done tomorrow. - Update d-i in 5.0.3 to incorporate this driver Yes, you got the picture right. I offer help if required. This can probably be done already when kernel-wedge is updated? Please don't delay when unnecessary, TIA. Do we have an estimate for 5.0.3 yet? Reason I ask is that there is typically always some kernel changes queued - security or otherwise. I do understand wanting to have p-u in an always-releasable state, but it can be a lot of throwaway work given that a security update would force us to do a complete rebuild. If we have a target date in mind I could work up a schedule (w/ buffer room) to make sure that all the pieces are in place ahead of time. Thanks Luk. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [stable] Adding bnx2x driver in 5.0.3
Hello dann, On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM, dann frazierda...@debian.org wrote: The bnx2x driver was disabled in lenny due to its use of non-free firmware. I have put together a patch that would reenable this driver in lenny's 2.6.26 kernel, making use of the firmware split-out patch that has gone upstream in Linux 2.6.31-rc releases (and is currently in use in the linux-2.6 2.6.30 packages in sid). Really good news :-) I'd like to see if we can enable the use of this driver in 5.0.3. As far as I can tell, the necessary steps would be: - Update the kernel (obviously) - planned for a p-u upload this week - Backport the necessary changes for firmware-nonfree from sid to add the firmware-bnx2x package - Update kernel-wedge/stable to include bnx2x if available (are there space issues here?) The space usage is neglitable and I think it can be done with a very small risk of regressions. Be sure to use the kernel-wedge of lenny for building it since we've changed kernel-wedge a lot during the 2.6.30 migration and it is not suitable for the lenny usage. - Update d-i in 5.0.3 to incorporate this driver Yes, you got the picture right. I offer help if required. Cheers, -- Otavio Salvador O.S. Systems E-mail: ota...@ossystems.com.br http://www.ossystems.com.br Mobile: +55 53 9981-7854 http://projetos.ossystems.com.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
[stable] Adding bnx2x driver in 5.0.3
The bnx2x driver was disabled in lenny due to its use of non-free firmware. I have put together a patch that would reenable this driver in lenny's 2.6.26 kernel, making use of the firmware split-out patch that has gone upstream in Linux 2.6.31-rc releases (and is currently in use in the linux-2.6 2.6.30 packages in sid). I'd like to see if we can enable the use of this driver in 5.0.3. As far as I can tell, the necessary steps would be: - Update the kernel (obviously) - planned for a p-u upload this week - Backport the necessary changes for firmware-nonfree from sid to add the firmware-bnx2x package - Update kernel-wedge/stable to include bnx2x if available (are there space issues here?) - Update d-i in 5.0.3 to incorporate this driver -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
