ahoy all,
sorry for the first message. i found the log file for the 2.6.33
libre-kernel and saw the message about the Realtek 8169 Ethernet
Controller being removed in this version for "missing free firmware":
R8169 - Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support
drivers/net/r8169.c: report missing Free firmware
drivers/net/r8169.c: removed blobs
is it possible that this device may work in the future if a free
firmware can be developed/reverse engineered?
thanks again
peace
Citando wayne <[email protected]>:
ahoy all,
i have been using deblob'd kernels in Gentoo for a few versions now,
thanks so much for your work.
upon deblobbing a pro-audio overlay (Gentoo) Linux Kernel
v2.6.33.5-rt23 (a real-time kernel) with the deblob-2.6.33 script, the
kernel works fine. however, the Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet
symbol in .config (R8169) is removed by the deblob script. the previous
deblob scripts i was using with previous kernels (i.e.
linux-2.6.33.3-rt19) left the symbol in. also, the driver is used by
Trisquel as well, so i am assuming the driver is FLOSS. perhaps
something changed or the deblob script is mis-identifying it?
note that i am now using the new Gentoo "deblob" USE flag for
deblobbing any kernel on the fly, but as far as i can tell that is not
causing the problem.
thanks again.
peace
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