bnx2x: Latest firmware requirement breaks no regression policy

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Linux folks,


Updating a server from 4.19.x to 5.4.x, the network device

    Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM57711 10-Gigabit PCIe [14e4:164f]

failed to initialize due to missing firmware.

    bnx2x 0000:41:00.0: Direct firmware load for bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.13.11.0.fw failed with error -2
    bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:13557(net02)]Can't load firmware file bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.13.11.0.fw
    bnx2x: [bnx2x_func_hw_init:6002(net02)]Error loading firmware
    bnx2x: [bnx2x_nic_load:2730(net02)]HW init failed, aborting

That is undesired, because without network access one has to have
direct system access to find out what is wrong.

Could you please change the policy to only print a big warning,
if the latest firmware is not available, and an update suggestion?


Kind regards,

Paul

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