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Bug#561309: firmware-linux-nonfree: needs firmware for module r8169 (/rtl8168d-{1, 2}.fw)



On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 10:11 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Package: firmware-linux-nonfree
> Version: 0.21
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Installing the new kernel package "linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64"
> results in new warning messages like:
> 
>    W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169
> 
> It looks like this firmware was removed from the kernel proper as part
> of the non-free firmware removal process, which suggests that it should
> be included in firmware-linux-nonfree instead.

We don't yet have clear permission to distribute this.  However, it is
only required for a chip which is newly supported by the r8169 driver in
2.6.32.  If the driver worked for you before, it will continue to work
now.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Hoare's Law of Large Problems:
        Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

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