[Users] Legacy OpenVZ and NETDEV with firmware

[Johan Wilfer]

Hi!

I upgraded to kernel 2.6.32-openvz-042stab113.11-amd64 on my Debian 7 HN 
yesterday. One of the VE's have a physical NIC delegated inside, like this:

NETDEV="eth3"


After reboot, this NIC doesn't work in the VE. After digging around I 
noticed this in syslog on the HN:

[  305.037939] CT: 1023: started
[  307.941433] bnx2 0000:04:00.1: firmware: requesting 
bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw
[  367.988961] bnx2: Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw"

The firmware for the NIC is there (HP Proliant server), and it works on 
the HN, but when delegated into the VE it doesn't.

I attached a usb-nic to the server (no firmware needed) and it worked. 
So something seems broken with NETDEV + firmware.

Any ideas why this is so?

/Johan