Re: Module failure on new install of Debian Bullseye

[Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>]

Le 30/05/2022 à 01:45, Leslie Rhorer a écrit :
>      If this is the wrong list, please let me know the correct one so I
> can subscribe and post there.
> 
>      Two of my servers are having bizarre problems after upgrading to
> Debian Bullseye.  After attempting numerous fixes, I decided to wipe the
> systems and do a fresh install.  I did a fresh install of he first from
> a netinst thumb drive, but the .iso does not contain the bnx2c drivers
> needed for the ASUS PEB-10G/57811-1S 10GbE SFP+ Network Adapters used by
> both systems.  I tried adding what I thought to be the correct non-free
> drivers, but I still got errors about the bnx2x drivers and the
> interface shows no carrier.  Since no carrier is detected on the
> interface, no LAN or internet access is possible.  The system is
> effectively dead, although it boots up and of course I have local
> console access.
> 
>      After several different approaches, I changed from the netinst
> image to a full non-free image.  It still would not properly load the
> bnx2x drivers.  I tried downloading all six bnx2x e1, e1h, and e2
> release 7.13.15.0 and 7.13.21.0 firmware files and adding them to the
> initram image.  It no longer complains about missing files, but it
> doesn't activate the NIC, either.  These servers are both essentially
> dead in the water until I can get this fixed.
> 
>      The only thing I spot from dmesg that seems possibly related is:
> 
> ...
> [   12.976323] r8169 0000:0b:00.0: firmware: failed to load
> rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw (-2)
> [   12.976478] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for
> information about missing firmware
> [   12.976632] r8169 0000:0b:00.0: Direct firmware load for
> rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw failed with error -2
> [   12.976636] r8169 0000:0b:00.0: Unable to load firmware
> rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw (-2)

Do you have that file rtl8168f-1.fw in your setup ? Is it at the correct 
place ?

By the way, this seems to be more a Debian problem than a kernel 
problem. Have you asked your question to Debian support ?

Christophe