Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load

it does not actually matter how you configured the driver -- built-in kernel or as module: everytime when driver operates the device, it checks whether firmware is loaded. Are you sure about that? AFAIK firmware loading is only attempted once, when the driver is first initialized.

Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load

it does not actually matter how you configured the driver -- built-in kernel or as module: everytime when driver operates the device, it checks whether firmware is loaded. Are you sure about that? AFAIK firmware loading is only attempted once, when the driver is first initialized. i'm

[gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load

# dmesg | grep firm [ 70.453673] r8169 :02:00.0: eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw (-2) # ls -l /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1324 Aug 12 13:09 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw Any ideas why this fails? Filesystem is mounted, file is

Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load

On Mon, August 15, 2011 11:13 am, Adam Carter wrote: # dmesg | grep firm [ 70.453673] r8169 :02:00.0: eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw (-2) # ls -l /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1324 Aug 12 13:09 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw

Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load

Is the filesystem mounted when it tries to find the firmware? I thought it was, but having another look at dmesg, it looks like that's not the case. proxy linux # dmesg | grep eth0 [0.897559] r8169 :02:00.0: eth0: RTL8168d/8111d at 0xc936, 1c:6f:65:20:3f:c6, XID 083000c0 IRQ

Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Adam Carter adamcart...@gmail.com wrote: # dmesg | grep firm [   70.453673] r8169 :02:00.0: eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw (-2) # ls -l /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1324 Aug 12 13:09