On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 02:05 -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 23:02 -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > > The Thecus n2100 uses r8169 for ethernet. > > > Per #561309, in 2.6.32, that module requests two firmware files > > > (that are not packaged and are nonfree anyway), even when they are not > > > needed by the actual hardware. (The n2100 doesn't need them.) > > > > It does not. However, the static information in the module lists all > > firmware files that it might request. > > I thought the crash reported in #561309 was caused by the module trying > to load firmware on a machine that didn't have it (and didn't need it)? No, there was a bug in the error path for the variant that did need it. > Are you saying that the Thecus n2100 doesn't have the particular > chipset versions for which it requests firmware? (eg, rtl8168d) Right, they have one of two RTL8169 variants. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates
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