Bug#506540: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: update-initramfs miss symlink Possible missing firmware tigon

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 04:23:24PM +0100, ~ tekmans ~ wrote:
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> >
> I was installing mdadm, sample output below
> 
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin for module tg3
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin for module tg3

tg3 stipulates it needs all the thre firmware files:
MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_TG3);
MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_TG3TSO);
MODULE_FIRMWARE(FIRMWARE_TG3TSO5);

update-initramfs can't know that the last one is enough for this hardware.

 
> ls -l  /lib/firmware/tigon/
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   32 26 janv. 12:40 tg3.bin ->
> /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3884 14 oct.   2009 tg3_tso5.bin
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   32 26 janv. 12:40 tg3_tso.bin ->
> /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin

so this looks like special tricking, just properly
 apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree
 
> 
> I hope, it'll be helpful

currently I think your box hasn't installed the relevant package
and thus is non-standard. I wouldn't see this a bug.
So unless convinced otherwise, will close.