The last 4 lines from dmesg...
[ 4.299946] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: unable to load firmware patch
rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw (-2)
[ 4.312766] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 4.312784] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 6.019910] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link up
It works. I'm sending this email via that nic, but I wonder if it
could cause problems down the road. Here's what "lspci -v" shows for
the nic.
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168 PCI
Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0581
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Memory at f0004000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number **-**-**-**-**-**-**-**
Kernel driver in use: r8169
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Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
