From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756701AbcKKNuT (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:50:19 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:40872 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756249AbcKKNuR (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:50:17 -0500 Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:50:09 +0800 From: Baoquan He To: Jay Rouman Cc: Paul Menzel , Frank Reppin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jroedel@suse.de Subject: Re: bnx2: broken firware loading Message-ID: <20161111135009.GC15325@x1> References: <560a68b9-bc73-9d53-ab95-35cd5cb9504d@molgen.mpg.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:50:16 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 11/11/16 at 08:44am, Jay Rouman wrote: > The part that confuses me is that the kernels that I use are custom > configured for a particular machine. I don't use initramfs or even > allow module loading. All the drivers are actually in the kernel. As > far as I know, no firmware is loaded. But the regression stops the BNX2 > NIC from being discovered by the kernel. Does this make sense? It > seems like removing the firmware loading stops the discovery process > even though no firmware is actually loaded either way. I tried but didn't find a bnx2 chip spec. Now I post a patches to revert my previous commit and add a function to only try to hard reset bnx2 chip but not involving firmware issues. Will wait and see what bnx2 experts will say. Sorry about the thouble I made to you. > -- > Jay Rouman (jsr@edzone.net) > Gratiot/Isabella RESD, Ithaca, MI > > > On 11/10/16 19:19, Jay Rouman wrote: > > > Did this get pushed upstream? I see a new patch for 4.8.7 but the BNX2 > > > regression doesn't seem to be fixed. Or am I missing something? > > > > I don?t think Baoquan?s patch is ready yet. > > > > I guess he will put you in the receivers list, once he sends it for review. > > > > As a workaround, you can put the firmware in the initramfs. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Paul