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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] r8169 unable to apply firmware patch
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:06:59
Message-Id: CAN0CFw2nkDGLM0Y5adqMVEOSCvdOj8Bmb87uy=fx1CUmKOse4w@mail.gmail.com
1 My laptop's "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express
2 Gigabit Ethernet controller" uses the r8169 driver. On kernel 2.6.36
3 it works fine, but on 2.6.38 and 2.6.39 it doesn't work and
4 continuously outputs "eth0: unable to apply firmware patch" to dmesg.
5 I found this workaround:
6
7 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-882599-start-0.html
8
9 I'm just wondering if anyone has run into the same problem and found a
10 better solution.
11
12 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] r8169 unable to apply firmware patch Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>