[ipxe-devel] Missing non-free firmware (bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.0.fw)

[Geert Stappers]

On Tue, Apr 09, 2019 at 06:30:16PM +0200, Ghassan Elrayah wrote:
> On 4/9/19 4:57 PM, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > On 09-04-2019 16:46, Ghassan Elrayah wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have an issue with missing non-free firmware for Broadcom
> > > NetXtreme II 10Gb 57710, version 7.13.1.0
> > > (bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.0.fw). I am trying to auto install Debian
> > > daily image on a Dell PowerEdge R630 using KVM console. Is there any
> > > way to upload the missing firmware with IPXE?
> > > 
> > 

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> > 
> > I would go expanding the
> > 
> > initrd ${base-url}/initrd.gz
> > initrd tftp://ipxe01.server.lej.sprd.net/preseed/debian_buster_node.seed  /tmp/debian_buster_node.seed
> > 
> > 
> > into
> > 
> > initrd ${base-url}/initrd.gz
> > initrd tftp://ipxe01.server.lej.sprd.net/preseed/debian_buster_node.seed  /tmp/debian_buster_node.seed
> > initrd URL://server.subdomain.tld/path/firmware/bnx.fw  /lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.fw
> > 
> > 
> 
> What do you mean by this line:
> 
> initrd URL://server.subdomain.tld/path/firmware/bnx.fw /lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.fw
> 
> should the URL point to the local firmware file on the ipxe server, after
> coping it to /srv/tftp/ folder, something like this:
> 
> initrd tftp:///my.ipxe.server/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.fw /lib/firmware/bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.1.fw

Yes, indeed.  Simular as you did with the preseed file.

 ( See also https://ipxe.org/cmd/initrd ) 



> > and see what happens.
> > 
> > Please share your results.
> > 
> 
> Thanks

 ;-)


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Geert Stappers
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