Bug#587960: [Debian] Where can I find rtl81638d-2.fw firmware for Realtek 8168D NIC?
Package: firmware-nonfree
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 22:13, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 09:48 +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
>> Hello Ben,
>> sorry to disturb you with this, but you might be my salvation :)
>
> Well, don't just ask me. You should use the debian-kernel list or the
> BTS for firmware-nonfree.
ah indeed, sorry: I wrote to you personally since I saw several
replies from you on the topic. Submitting the request on BTS with this
email.
>> I recently bought a laptop (HP dv6-2193el) which has an unfortunate
>> NIC: Realtek 8168D. That's the nic that requires the firmware
>> rtl81638d-2.fw to work.
>
> Does it actually require that? I think that that image is a patch that
> fixes a bug in the original firmware. Currently the driver will still
> allow you to use the NIC if the firmware image is not available.
well, the NIC leds blink, but I can't connect to the other host, nor
doing any other network operation. Ehm, what image are you referring
to? squeeze alpha1 installer?
>> Now, I saw some request for inclusion in firmware-linux-nonfree, but
>> you said it's not possible since we still don't have a clear licence
>> that allows for redistribution.
>>
>> What I'm actually asking you is: where can I get that firmware? I
>> googled a lot without success, and also trying with some different
>> net-installers (lenny, testing dailies @ 2010-06-26, squeeze alpha 1)
>> none of them was able to correctly detect and enable the NIC, and
>> without that, I can't go on with Debian installation.
>
> You would need to convert the array that was removed from
> rtl8168d_2_hw_phy_config() here to a binary:
>
> http://git.debian.org/?p=kernel/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=c8d71d6cd4746c075387b689506adb7256b3221a#patch10
if only I know how :)
Thanks in advance,
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Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
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