netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 01/08] r8169: remove the firmware of RTL8111D.

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Date:	Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:09:38 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <benh@...ian.org>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 01/08] r8169: remove the firmware of RTL8111D.

On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 00:35 +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:
> The binary file of the firmware is moved to linux-firmware repository.
> The firmwares are rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw and rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw.
> The driver goes along if the firmware couldn't be found. However, it
> is suggested to be done with the suitable firmware.
[...]

You should also add 'select FW_LOADER' to the Kconfig section for R8169.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Debian Developer and kernel team member


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