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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Firmware exists but fails to load
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On 08/15/2011 12:13 PM, Adam Carter wrote:
> # dmesg | grep firm
> [   70.453673] r8169 0000:02:00.0: 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 readable...

Is the firmware path set correctly in the kernel config?  In "Device 
Drivers->Generic Driver Options", set "Firmware blobs root directory" to 
"/lib/firmware" and build a new kernel.

If that was already set, try to include the firmware in the kernel by 
setting "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary" to 
"rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw" (the firmware root directory above still needs 
to be "/lib/firmware").