netxen_nic module (driver) does not work correctly

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Issue

  • The netxen_nic module reports a failure loading the firmware files:
# dmesg | grep netxen_nic
Mar 10 18:43:59 localhost firmware_helper[2180]: Loading of /lib/firmware/phanfw.bin for netxen_nic driver failed: No such file or directory
Mar 10 18:43:59 localhost firmware_helper[2184]: Loading of /lib/firmware/nx3fwct.bin for netxen_nic driver failed: No such file or directory
Mar 10 18:44:02 localhost kernel: netxen_nic 0000:04:00.1: loading firmware from flash
Mar 10 18:44:06 localhost kernel: netxen_nic 0000:04:00.1: using 64-bit dma mask
Mar 10 18:44:06 localhost kernel: netxen_nic 0000:04:00.1: firmware v4.0.555 [legacy]
Mar 10 18:44:06 localhost kernel: netxen_nic 0000:04:00.3: using 64-bit dma mask
Mar 10 18:44:06 localhost kernel: netxen_nic 0000:04:00.3: firmware v4.0.555 [legacy]
Mar 10 18:44:06 localhost kernel: netxen_nic 0000:04:00.0: using 64-bit dma mask
Mar 10 18:44:06 localhost kernel: netxen_nic: NX3031 Gigabit Ethernet Board S/N ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒NX3031 Gigabit Ethernet Chip rev 0x42
Mar 10 18:44:06 localhost kernel: netxen_nic 0000:04:00.0: firmware v4.0.555 [legacy]
Mar 10 18:44:06 localhost kernel: netxen_nic 0000:04:00.2: using 64-bit dma mask
Mar 10 18:44:06 localhost kernel: netxen_nic 0000:04:00.2: firmware v4.0.555 [legacy]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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