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 A40FF1381F3 for ; Fri, 17 May 2013 21:59:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21468E0943; Fri, 17 May 2013 21:59:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-da0-f49.google.com (mail-da0-f49.google.com [209.85.210.49]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB37BE08DF for ; Fri, 17 May 2013 21:59:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-da0-f49.google.com with SMTP id p5so2603829dak.22 for ; Fri, 17 May 2013 14:59:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=SI4BWtkWAeVQ6rDgQwCIct6lCQY4wlVgNd+Q1Bq7cm4=; b=vez3N5GaMUzUVBeEy/DAK6HpL1kTHVovPH/SLvI08jE0gMaQqK/OQtNT/JyA6gKAjE AsmTG4ptgTIlK8UFnNnbZ66RFNqlZ4fUPJsqwmFalg4u+6kP2U8VzAtsqn1S3uOKqqBy vLegNKZ+UBKj1r5We62J/s8PYhMOzqruMLfTwMBAEgdRnEw1LZW8UTm9zHjeG5+B5lBa hLfH/ajLG2AqZKHCV5sF6tUASo3Ix1KS0MAoHtzgDepFRwyybHzjOcNORfaQN9QvYsH0 kmcFiWZhqXZaUQfbTJYLVzZSfTqFQxRrX3X1+WX2277Wjd8CfL4MBg1QU64bITjKP1zo FU1g== X-Received: by 10.68.26.7 with SMTP id h7mr12390930pbg.187.1368827966650; Fri, 17 May 2013 14:59:26 -0700 (PDT) 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.70.73.229 with HTTP; Fri, 17 May 2013 14:59:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130517150454.GA1958@waltdnes.org> References: <20130517150454.GA1958@waltdnes.org> From: Paul Hartman Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 16:59:06 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: fedYXZWlDqUFY_AFyt2VwUQGIuQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] boot-time message about nic firmware patch To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 682c3cee-4359-41c6-b178-7fa65feaf7f5 X-Archives-Hash: 936fe2dc73922b12e7e33c18093beca9 On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:04 AM, wrote: > 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. You need to install the package linux-firmware, it contains that file and others. Then the message should go away! :)