Bug#489758: firmware-bnx2: bnx2 module fails to load bnx2 firmware file when the root FS is encrypted

[Giorgos Mavrikas <gmavrikas@yahoo.com>]

Package: firmware-bnx2
Version: 0.11~bpo40+1
Severity: important


When the root filesystem is encrypted via LUKS, the init scripts wait for the passphrase, and at that time, the root filesystem is not available. The 
bnx2 module tries to load the firmware from the disk and fails after a long time. The module loading for any devices that may need firmware files 
from disk should be stalled until the passphrase is given. Alternatively, the firmware files could be added to the ramdisk.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

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