Updating RTL8117 firmware to solve IPMI issue on Asus Pro WS W480-ACE
by afr0ck from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5NY5D)
I have an Asus Pro WS W480-ACE board with Linux kernel 5.11.0 (Ubuntu 21.04).
Although the RTL8117 Ethernet interface is working, the IPMI driver always fails with:
Code:karim@phi:~$ sudo dmesg | grep ipmi
[ 5.816918] ipmi device interface
[ 5.927158] ipmi_si: IPMI System Interface driver
[ 5.927230] ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s)
[ 11.413426] ipmi_si: IPMI System Interface driver
[ 11.413489] ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s)It seems that there is a firmware update released for the RTL8117 [1] and that could solve the issue.
I downloaded the firmware update and after unzipping, I get only a .img data file. I have no idea how to install the firmware from this file!
Based on the documentation [2], it seems that there is a way to do an RTL8117 firmware update using Asus Control Center Express. However, it is only available on Windows and it is not free.
The question is, how can I update the RTL8117 firmware using the .img data file [1] on Linux (i.e., without using Asus Control Center Express)?
Any other pointers regarding the IPMI issue are also welcome.
[1] https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Co...HelpDesk_BIOS/
[2] https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/m...ess_EM_WEB.pdf
Although the RTL8117 Ethernet interface is working, the IPMI driver always fails with:
Code:karim@phi:~$ sudo dmesg | grep ipmi
[ 5.816918] ipmi device interface
[ 5.927158] ipmi_si: IPMI System Interface driver
[ 5.927230] ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s)
[ 11.413426] ipmi_si: IPMI System Interface driver
[ 11.413489] ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s)It seems that there is a firmware update released for the RTL8117 [1] and that could solve the issue.
I downloaded the firmware update and after unzipping, I get only a .img data file. I have no idea how to install the firmware from this file!
Based on the documentation [2], it seems that there is a way to do an RTL8117 firmware update using Asus Control Center Express. However, it is only available on Windows and it is not free.
The question is, how can I update the RTL8117 firmware using the .img data file [1] on Linux (i.e., without using Asus Control Center Express)?
Any other pointers regarding the IPMI issue are also welcome.
[1] https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Co...HelpDesk_BIOS/
[2] https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/m...ess_EM_WEB.pdf