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Bug#561309: firmware-linux-nonfree: needs firmware for module r8169



Ben (et al):

Your patch (with Stefan's addition, replacing dev->name with "r8169") also worked
for me on an Intel i7 920 system (amd64) running unstable (w/o the firmware).

Dec 20 18:39:08 octane kernel: [    1.100454] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
Dec 20 18:39:08 octane kernel: [    1.100471] r8169 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Dec 20 18:39:08 octane kernel: [    1.100960] eth0: RTL8168d/8111d at 0xffffc90000c7a000, 00:1f:bc:08:c4:16, XID 081000c0 IRQ 30
Dec 20 18:39:08 octane kernel: [    1.105168] r8169 0000:06:00.0: firmware: requesting rtl8168d-1.fw
Dec 20 18:39:08 octane kernel: [    1.106433] Failed to load rtl8168d-1.fw.
...
Dec 20 18:39:08 octane kernel: [   12.736957] r8169: eth0: link up

This NIC is onboard the mobo: EVGA X58 SLI LE
http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=141-BL-E757-TR&family=Motherboard%20Family

Thanks!

--Tom



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