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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Firmware exists but fails to load
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:24:16
Message-Id: j2as19$b9g$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load by Adam Carter
1 On 08/15/2011 12:13 PM, Adam Carter 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 Is the firmware path set correctly in the kernel config? In "Device
11 Drivers->Generic Driver Options", set "Firmware blobs root directory" to
12 "/lib/firmware" and build a new kernel.
13
14 If that was already set, try to include the firmware in the kernel by
15 setting "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary" to
16 "rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw" (the firmware root directory above still needs
17 to be "/lib/firmware").

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firmware exists but fails to load Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>