Re: [dpdk-dev] Updating bnx2x firmware

["Martinx - ジェームズ" <thiagocmartinsc@gmail.com>]

On 24 March 2016 at 19:03, Harish Patil <harish.patil@qlogic.com> wrote:

> >
> >Guys,
> >
> > Currently, the bnx2x.c driver looks for the following firmware files
> >(when
> >PMD is enabled for it):
> >
> >---
> >$ ~/sources/dpdk/dpdk-2.2.0/drivers/net/bnx2x$ grep lib\/firmware *
> >bnx2x.c:#define FW_NAME_57711 "/lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.2.51.0.fw"
> >bnx2x.c:#define FW_NAME_57810 "/lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.2.51.0.fw"
> >---
> >
> > Files bnx2x-e1h-7.2.51.0.fw and bnx2x-e2-7.2.51.0.fw.
> >
> >
> > However, on Ubuntu 16.04, the package linux-firmware comes with:
> >
> >---
> >$ dpkg -L linux-firmware | grep -i bnx2x
> >/lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.12.30.0.fw
> >/lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.12.30.0.fw
> >/lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-7.13.1.0.fw
> >/lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.12.30.0.fw
> >/lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.13.1.0.fw
> >/lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.0.fw
> >---
> >
> >
> > Is it okay to just point bnx2x.c to a new version and rebuild it ?
> >
> > For example: bnx2x-e1h-7.13.1.0.fw and bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.0.fw ?
> >
> >
> > I would prefer to not manually download old firmware from Github:
> >
> > https://github.com/cernekee/linux-firmware/tree/master/bnx2x
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Thiago
> >
>
> Hi Thiago
> Any reason why you don’t prefer to get the required FW file from other
> source?
>
> You can certainly download it from:
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tre
> e/bnx2x
>
> Any other FW is an untested combination.
>
> Thanks,
> Harish
>

Hi Harish,

 Sure, I can download the firmware files, no problem... I just prefer to
stick with the packages/files from the distribution that I'm using (Ubuntu
16.04) but, on this case, I'll follow your recommendation.

 I don't know why Ubuntu removed the previous firmware files out from
"linux-firmware" package...

 Thanks for posting the git.kernel.org link!

Best,
Thiago