linux-kernel - RE: Where to get the network NIC's firmware? rtl

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Date:	Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:47:03 +0800
From:	hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
To:	<piotr@...owicz.com>, 'Francois Romieu' <romieu@...zoreil.com>
CC:	'Mike Galbraith' <efault@....de>,
	'LKML' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <benh@...ian.org>
Subject: RE: Where to get the network NIC's firmware? rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Piotr Hosowicz [mailto:piotr@...owicz.com] 
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 1:29 AM
> To: Francois Romieu
> Cc: Mike Galbraith; LKML; Hayeswang; benh@...ian.org
> Subject: Re: Where to get the network NIC's firmware? 
> rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw
> 
> On 16.03.2011 21:22, Francois Romieu wrote:
> > You can get it there:
> >
> > 
> http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/romieu/linux-firmware.g
> > it 
> > 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/romieu/linux-firmware.gi
> > t
> >
> > It has already been submitted to the maintainer of linux-firmware.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> The problem persists, I have on disk:
> 
> # ls /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/
> rtl8105e-1.fw  rtl8168d-1.fw  rtl8168d-2.fw  rtl8168e-1.fw  
> rtl8168e-2.fw
> 

Excuse me. I don't understand what your question is. Do you mean you cannot
build the kernel without the firmware? Or, you just don't know where to download
the firmware? Or, your NIC work abnormally after loading the firmware?

>From your information, I see the firmware in the correct path
"/lib/firmeare/rtl_nic/", so it seems fine.
 
Best Regards,
Hayes


> And my NIC doesn't work. What do you mean saying that I can 
> get it there? How can I contact the maintainer?
> 
> Please, help, I cannot test new kernels.
> 

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