From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] r8169 unable to apply firmware patch
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:20:53 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC=wYCH6sAVWQgDQ5Tq_y_aWuxsZnm+cpB3uNxpYrEB8YiQEVw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN0CFw2nkDGLM0Y5adqMVEOSCvdOj8Bmb87uy=fx1CUmKOse4w@mail.gmail.com>
> My laptop's "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express
> Gigabit Ethernet controller" uses the r8169 driver. On kernel 2.6.36
> it works fine, but on 2.6.38 and 2.6.39 it doesn't work and
> continuously outputs "eth0: unable to apply firmware patch" to dmesg.
> I found this workaround:
>
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-882599-start-0.html
>
> I'm just wondering if anyone has run into the same problem and found a
> better solution.
I have the same issue and it still exists with kernel 3.0.0. That
system has died so I havent been able to look at it further.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-30 8:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-30 0:05 [gentoo-user] r8169 unable to apply firmware patch Grant
2011-07-30 8:20 ` Adam Carter [this message]
2011-07-30 8:42 ` Adam Carter
2011-07-31 0:05 ` Grant
2011-07-31 5:11 ` Adam Carter
2011-07-31 19:17 ` Grant
2011-07-31 23:47 ` Adam Carter
2011-08-01 18:35 ` Grant
2011-08-01 18:45 ` Michael Mol
2011-08-01 19:04 ` Grant
2011-08-01 19:21 ` Michael Mol
2011-08-01 20:13 ` Grant
2011-08-01 20:30 ` Michael Mol
2011-08-02 3:29 ` Adam Carter
2011-08-02 14:48 ` Grant
2011-08-02 23:36 ` Adam Carter
2011-08-03 16:39 ` Grant
2011-08-03 17:32 ` Mick
2011-08-03 17:55 ` Grant
2011-08-02 14:43 ` Grant
2011-08-02 9:37 ` pk
2011-08-01 16:10 ` Paul Hartman
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