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and subject line Bug#1006500: fixed in firmware-nonfree 20220913-1
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: firmware-bnx2x
Version: 20210818-1
Severity: grave
On Linux 5.16, the bnx2x module requests firmware 7.13.21.0:
# modinfo bnx2x
filename:
/lib/modules/5.16.0-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.ko
firmware: bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.21.0.fw
firmware: bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.13.21.0.fw
firmware: bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.13.21.0.fw
This firmware is not present in the firmware-bnx2x package.
Now, my understanding is that the bnx2x module can fall back to an
earlier version (7.13.15.0) as needed, but in practice that might not
actually help, because update-initramfs only looks for the firmware
version from the module information and doesn't include any other
version:
# update-initramfs -u
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.21.0.fw
for module bnx2x
W: Possible missing firmware
/lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.13.21.0.fw for module bnx2x
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.13.21.0.fw
for module bnx2x
Since no firmware is included in the initramfs, the bnx2x module
unsurprisingly fails to initialize on boot:
kernel: bnx2x :02:00.1: firmware: failed to load
bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.21.0.fw (-2)
kernel: bnx2x :02:00.1: Direct firmware load for
bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.21.0.fw failed with error -2
kernel: bnx2x :02:00.1: firmware: failed to load
bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.15.0.fw (-2)
kernel: bnx2x :02:00.1: Direct firmware load for
bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.15.0.fw failed with error -2
Adding insult to injury, it doesn't look like it's possible to recover
from this state - as far as I could tell, once bnx2x fails to
initialize, it's game over until the next reboot, even if the module
is unloaded and reloaded, and even if the PCI device is removed and
rescanned.
This basically means that, when booting current Debian Unstable with
Linux 5.16, bnx2x NICs become *permanently unusable*, potentially
locking users and admins out of the system.
My suggested short-term fix would be to update the firmware-bnx2x
package to include the 7.13.21.0 firmware version. There's also a
discussion to be had with regard to update-initramfs, which should
perhaps try harder to find potentially compatible firmware versions -
indeed, if update-initramfs had included 7.13.15.0, I believe this
issue would have been avoided.
For those affected, here's the workaround I used:
1. Manually download the 7.13.21.0 firmware files from
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/bnx2x
2. Put the files in /lib/firmware/bnx2x
3. Run update-initramfs -u
4. Reboot
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: firmware-nonfree
Source-Version: 20220913-1
Done: Bastian Blank
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
firmware-nonfree, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 1006...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Bastian Blank (supplier of updated firmware-nonfree package)
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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:48:14 +0200
Source: firmware-nonfree
Architecture: source
Version: 20220913-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Changed-By: Bastian Blank
Closes: 999825 1006500 1006638 1009316 1009618 1014651 1015728 1016058 1019847
1020962
Changes:
firmware-nonfree (20220913-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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* New upstream version (Closes: #1009316, #1015728)
* Various new firmware for Intel hardware closes: #1014651, #1020962
* amd-graphics: Various new firmware closes: #999825, #1019847
* iwlwifi: Various new firmware closes: #1016058
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[ Philippe Ombredanne ]
* Update copyright with
