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

[Ghassan Elrayah]

On 4/9/19 6:56 PM, Geert Stappers wrote:
> 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?
>>>>
>        ... text from mailinglist archive ...
>
>>> 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
>   ;-)
>
>
> Groeten
> Geert Stappers
Unfortunately it is not working. I put the firmware file in /tmp and 
/mnt. I tied to put the deb file in /tmp, /mnt/, I treid with tar.gz and 
zip file but nothing, still complaining about missing firmware. Is there 
a way to cat the cpio firmware file to the end of the initrd.gz? The 
installer seem not to find the firmware file.

Best

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Ghassan Elrayah
System Engineer