From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FCC31381F3 for ; Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD307E09C8; Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8954CE095B for ; Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:09 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlQPABK/CFFFpZA4/2dsb2JhbABEJrZ8h2wXc4JfHF8TIQUlJBOIEaALoSKNDxGDCWEDlgyFfohwgV6DE4FT X-IPAS-Result: AlQPABK/CFFFpZA4/2dsb2JhbABEJrZ8h2wXc4JfHF8TIQUlJBOIEaALoSKNDxGDCWEDlgyFfohwgV6DE4FT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="13235279" Received: from 69-165-144-56.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.144.56]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 17 May 2013 15:04:59 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 17 May 2013 11:04:55 -0400 From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 11:04:55 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] boot-time message about nic firmware patch Message-ID: <20130517150454.GA1958@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 63b03ed1-4d67-48c1-84fb-5619b9095b58 X-Archives-Hash: e34ce8a01bab7d604986a99f6ca6e66b 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 -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications