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

2011-08-16 Thread victor romanchuk
>> 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 initiali

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

2011-08-16 Thread Andrea Conti
> 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. > f

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

2011-08-15 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 4:13 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.

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

2011-08-15 Thread Adam Carter
> 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

2011-08-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
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-

[gentoo-user] Firmware exists but fails to load

2011-08-15 Thread Adam Carter
# 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