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> My laptop's "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express |
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> Gigabit Ethernet controller" uses the r8169 driver. On kernel 2.6.36 |
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> it works fine, but on 2.6.38 and 2.6.39 it doesn't work and |
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> continuously outputs "eth0: unable to apply firmware patch" to dmesg. |
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> I found this workaround: |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-882599-start-0.html |
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> I'm just wondering if anyone has run into the same problem and found a |
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> better solution. |
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I have the same issue and it still exists with kernel 3.0.0. That |
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system has died so I havent been able to look at it further. |
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