At Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:59:49 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > > 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?
Hello Wayne, It seems to me like your Gentoo kernel is not deblobbed correctly, just like gentoo-sources-2.6.34-r1 for me with deblob-2.6.34 script. Instead of removing the Realtek's blob, it removes the whole source file. If you download the deblobbed Linux from [1], you'd probably get your Realtek chip working. My ethernet works OK with the deblobbed driver: # lspci | grep -i realtek 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) [1] http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/download/releases/2.6.34-libre/ -- I'm an FSF member -- Help us support software freedom! <http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=7253> _______________________________________________ linux-libre mailing list [email protected] http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
