Bug#494936: bnx2 fails to load on bootup, succeeds on manual load
Hi,
Nico earlier visited OFTC #debian about this issue.
The problem appears similar to #432042. Firmware isn't being
transferred to the initrd via update-initramfs upon package
installation. As the firmware isn't available in the initramfs image,
it can't be loaded by the bnx2 module during boot.
Running "update-initramfs -u" (as also done in #432042) corrected his
issue. AFAICT, there isn't a postinst supplied with the firmware-bnx2
package to automatically enable this (as at 0.12), though one is
included in the build for stable/etchnhalf (0.4+etchnhalf.1).
The severity of this bug should also be reduced, it is "important" at
the most.
Geoff
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