Re: bnx2 driver firmware doesn't load on 4.9

Timothy J Massey <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's not.  Loadable firmware requires udev/hotplug, in my understanding, 
> and the Unattended boot CD doesn't support udev/hotplug

Thanks for the explanation.

> No.  AFAICT, loadable firmware has *never* worked with the Unattended boot 
> CD.
> 
> I asked about this several times in the past with zero feedback. 
> Fortunately for me, it was mostly cosmetic/delay, and I hacked around it. 
> If you look in the list archives starting from April or so 2011 you'll see 
> the bits that I previously posted, including how to reduce the timeout. 
> But if you *need* the firmware, it's not gonna help.

Seems like that will cause a a lot of problems as there seem to be
quite a few drivers now that load firmware.  Is there any way to embed
them into the driver perhaps?

Cheers,

-Paul-


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