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On Mon, August 15, 2011 11:13 am, Adam Carter wrote: |
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> # dmesg | grep firm |
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> [ 70.453673] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: unable to load firmware patch |
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> rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw (-2) |
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> # ls -l /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1324 Aug 12 13:09 |
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> /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw |
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> Any ideas why this fails? Filesystem is mounted, file is readable... |
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Is the filesystem mounted when it tries to find the firmware? |
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In other words, are you perhaps using a ramdisk? |
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If you have this drives as a module, can you try removing it (rmmod |
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<driver> and then reloading it (modprobe <driver>)? |
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If it isn't a module, can you rebuild your kernel to have the relevant |
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driver as a module? |
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