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

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Date:	Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:50:22 +0100
From:	Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@...owicz.com>
To:	hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
CC:	'Francois Romieu' <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	'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

On 21.03.2011 03:47, hayeswang wrote:
>
>
>> -----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.

Nevermind, the problem was in the kernel (bug), not firmware. Sorry for 
the noise.

Regards,

Piotr Hosowicz

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