This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.173.20
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linux-firmware (1.173.20) bionic; urgency=medium
* Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for module
r8169 (LP: #1890641)
- rtl_nic: add firmware files for RTL8153
- rtl_nic: update firmware for RTL8153A
-- Seth Forshee <seth.fors...@canonical.com> Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:28:08
-0600
** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for
module r8169
Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in linux-firmware source package in Bionic:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[SRU Justification]
[Impact]
Missing firmware for Realtek RTL8153 Based USB Ethernet Adapters,
which is supported by linux-generic-hwe-18.04 kernel (currently v5.4).
[Fix]
Two upstream commit necessary:
* commit b27d12383e7a ("rtl_nic: add firmware files for RTL8153")
* commit 6f89735800fe ("rtl_nic: update firmware for RTL8153A")
[Test Case]
Without firmware, drive probe would fail with:
$ dmesg | grep firmware | grep rtl8153
r8152 2-4.1:1.0: firmware: failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw (-2)
r8152 2-4.1:1.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw failed with
error -2
r8152 2-4.1:1.0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw (-2)
With firmware, it should succeed:
$ dmesg | grep rtl8152
r8152 2-1:1.0: load rtl8153a-3 v2 02/07/20 successfully
r8152 2-1:1.0 eth0: v1.11.11
r8152 2-1:1.0 enp0s20f0u1: renamed from eth0
[Where problems could occur]
While this introduces new firmware blobs and enabled devices supported
by new kernels, it should have little effect on existing systems, but
with new devices up and running, it may still affect power consumptions,
ability to enter deep suspend, etc.
[Other Info]
RTL8153 firmware has been available on Eoan and newer, so only Bionic is
nominated.
========== original bug report ==========
Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for
module r8169
after running sudo apt upgrade in ubuntu 18.04
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.38
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Aug 6 22:38:31 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-16 (417 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20190210)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
Log time: 2020-03-08 22:54:00.439353
Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Done
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