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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:57:40
Message-Id: CAEH5T2M61U5jMxPAh4qdfzfV1+Jey48oh21A10J7O5=FLmCDQA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load by Adam Carter
1 On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > # dmesg | grep firm
3 > [   70.453673] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: unable to load firmware patch
4 > rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw (-2)
5 > # ls -l /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw
6 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1324 Aug 12 13:09 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw
7 >
8 > Any ideas why this fails? Filesystem is mounted, file is readable...
9
10 1) build the driver as a module (firmware loading from disk does not
11 work otherwise)
12 2) emerge linux-firmware, if you haven't already.
13 3) reboot and good luck :)