Subject: Re: [vserver] missing broadcom tigon in bristol wirelss
From: ben@bristolwireless.net
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:43:09 +0000

 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:43:09 +0000
Quoting "Eugen Leitl" <eugen@leitl.org>:

>
> I've tried for a
>
> apt-get install linux-image-2.6.31.5-vs2.3.0.36.21-beng
>
> (this is an amd64 box with 8 GBytes RAM)
>
> but am getting:
>
>
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3 tso5.bin for module tg3
> 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
>
> I presume I shouldn't reboot.
>

Unless you are using a piece of hardware that requires the tg3 module  
(Broadcom NetXtreme cards), you won't need the firmware. Since you've  
already booted with a previous kernel and haven't needed it, there  
should be no problem rebooting. In any case, the worst that could  
happen is a network card not working.

Those files aren't in the Lenny firmware-linux package. Best get it  
from backports if you need it. For the package description see:

http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/firmware-linux

If you are unfamiliar with the backports repository have a look at:

http://www.backports.org/

Cheers,
==
 From Ben Green