Bug#1038610: firmware-bnx2x has an older version of broadcom drivers. This has been fixed for bookworm but not bullseye

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1038610: firmware-bnx2x has an older version of broadcom drivers. This has been fixed for bookworm but not bullseye
Date	2023-06-20 20:40 +0200
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Control: fixed -1 20220913-1
Control: tag -1 bullseye
Control: severity -1 important

On Sun, 2023-06-18 at 18:15 -0500, tomas347 wrote:
> Package: firmware-bnx2x
> Version: 20210315-3
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch
> X-Debbugs-Cc: tomas.leite.castro@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
>    I found that my network card was crashing and eventually lost all
>    network connectivity and the OS stopped recognizing the card. I
>    initially had to replace the card but the same thing happened on
>    bullseye.
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
>      I manually installed bnx2x-e1-7.13.21.0.fw, bnx2x-e1h-7.13.21.0.fw,
>      bnx2x-e2-7.13.21.0.fw, and now it works perfectly. This has been
>      fixed for bookworm but not bullseye. There are many people with
>      this issue and I found this workaround after many people debugged
>      it.
[...]

I think we never added this because we didn't expect stable kernel
changes to require newer firmware.

I'll try to get this fixed in the next point release for bullseye.

Ben.


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Ben Hutchings
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Bug#1038610: firmware-bnx2x has an older version of broadcom drivers. This has been fixed for bookworm but not bullseye tomas347 <tomas.leite.castro@tecnico.ulisboa.pt> - 2023-06-19 01:20 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1038610: firmware-bnx2x has an older version  of broadcom drivers. This has been fixed for bookworm but not bullseye "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2023-06-20 20:40 +0200
  Bug#1038610: firmware-bnx2x has an older version of broadcom drivers. This has been fixed for bookworm but not bullseye Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2023-06-20 20:40 +0200

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