[Bug 415353] Re: karmic/lucid installation slow on "detecting network hardware" with bnx2x

[Stefan Bader]

AFAICT the kernel-side problem (which caused the even longer delays) is
already fixed in 10.04/Lucid. The remaining problem is the shorter
(3-4m) delay caused by the crc32c module not being placed into
initramfs.

** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Lucid)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: Incomplete => Fix Released

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Assignee: Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical) => (unassigned)

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Title:
  karmic/lucid installation slow on "detecting network hardware" with
  bnx2x

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “initramfs-tools” source package in Lucid:
  In Progress
Status in “linux” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.31-5-generic

  When installing some of my new bl460c g6 blades with bnx2x 10GE
  interfaces, the step "detecting network hardware" takes a really long
  time. This is probably due to the installer scanning all interfaces
  several times, and these blades have 8 of them (each physical
  interface is split into 4 virtual one, each exposed as a nic by the
  kernel), together with a 50-second timeout in the driver.

  50 seconds times 8 interfaces times 3-4 probing rounds makes for a
  total delay of 20-30 minutes, which is a bit painful.

  The delay seems to be in "[bnx2x_wait_ramrod:6741(ethX)]timeout
  polling for state c0000 on IDX [1]". Attached is a sample screen of
  the installer messages.

  I am booting a slightly modified (bnx2x dependencies added to the
  initrd) karmic netboot installer as of last week, will try the latest
  version as soon as #360966 gets fixed.

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