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

[Ghassan Elrayah]

On 4/9/19 7:53 PM, Ghassan Elrayah wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
I could fix it and upload the missing non-free firmware by adding the following line to my menu.ipxe:

initrd http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/buster/current/firmware.cpio.gz

Thanks Geert

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Ghassan Elrayah
System Engineer