Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 May 2022 01:50:49 -0500 | Subject | Re: Module failure on new install of Debian Bullseye | From | Leslie Rhorer <> |
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On 5/30/2022 1:11 AM, Christophe Leroy wrote: > > > Le 30/05/2022 à 01:45, Leslie Rhorer a écrit : >> If this is the wrong list, please let me know the correct one so I >> can subscribe and post there. >> >> Two of my servers are having bizarre problems after upgrading to >> Debian Bullseye. After attempting numerous fixes, I decided to wipe the >> systems and do a fresh install. I did a fresh install of he first from >> a netinst thumb drive, but the .iso does not contain the bnx2c drivers >> needed for the ASUS PEB-10G/57811-1S 10GbE SFP+ Network Adapters used by >> both systems. I tried adding what I thought to be the correct non-free >> drivers, but I still got errors about the bnx2x drivers and the >> interface shows no carrier. Since no carrier is detected on the >> interface, no LAN or internet access is possible. The system is >> effectively dead, although it boots up and of course I have local >> console access. >> >> After several different approaches, I changed from the netinst >> image to a full non-free image. It still would not properly load the >> bnx2x drivers. I tried downloading all six bnx2x e1, e1h, and e2 >> release 7.13.15.0 and 7.13.21.0 firmware files and adding them to the >> initram image. It no longer complains about missing files, but it >> doesn't activate the NIC, either. These servers are both essentially >> dead in the water until I can get this fixed. >> >> The only thing I spot from dmesg that seems possibly related is: >> >> ... >> [ 12.976323] r8169 0000:0b:00.0: firmware: failed to load >> rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw (-2) >> [ 12.976478] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for >> information about missing firmware >> [ 12.976632] r8169 0000:0b:00.0: Direct firmware load for >> rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw failed with error -2 >> [ 12.976636] r8169 0000:0b:00.0: Unable to load firmware >> rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw (-2) > > Do you have that file rtl8168f-1.fw in your setup ? Is it at the correct > place ?
I will check. Without remote LAN support, it isn't very easy. > > By the way, this seems to be more a Debian problem than a kernel > problem. Have you asked your question to Debian support ?
They and I do not get along. More importantly, while at first glance this might seem to be the case, I don't think it is. The github repository at
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/bnx2x/
Is not a Debian thing. It is a kernel module thing for all distros. It is from there I downloaded the firmware (after it failed to load during install), and it is that which is failing. As I said, it could possibly be the realtek drivers also need to be loaded, and they are not, but I really would not expect it to be the case.
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