Bug#687927: firmware-realtek: Missing rtl8411-1.fw and rtl8402-1.fw
Package: firmware-realtek
Version: 0.36
Severity: normal
I have an Intel D525MW motherboard (Atom) with a Realtek integrated
network card. It doesn't work with the current kernel from testing:
linux-image-3.2.0-3-amd64 (3.2.23-1)
It doesn't print anything special in the syslog:
# dmesg | grep r8169
[ 1.495121] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[ 1.495181] r8169 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 1.495243] r8169 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.495354] r8169 0000:01:00.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1.496836] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: RTL8168e/8111e at 0xffffc90000330000, e0:69:95:69:91:6c, XID 0c200000 IRQ 44
[ 1.496849] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
But doing "ifup eth0" does nothing: no network, no errors.
Today i've installed the Debian kernel reported here, from experimental
and i think it reports the culprit of the problem:
- a curses window report that a required firmware is missing:
r8169: rtl_nic/rtl_nic_rtl8411-1.fw, rtl_nic/rtl_nic_rtl8402-1.fw
- a message before update-grup repeat the concept saying:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5-trunk-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw for module r8169
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.5-trunk-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-3.5-trunk-amd64
Ben, i see that in july you made a commit in the upstream
rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw. Maybe you know why these firmware are not included in
this non-free package. Are there known problem with these? Are they not yet
included in the mainline kernel?
Cesare.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
firmware-realtek depends on no packages.
firmware-realtek recommends no packages.
Versions of packages firmware-realtek suggests:
ii initramfs-tools 0.107
ii linux-image-3.2.0-3-486 [linux-image] 3.2.23-1
ii linux-image-3.2.0-3-amd64 [linux-image] 3.2.23-1
ii linux-image-3.5-trunk-amd64 [linux-image] 3.5.2-1~experimental.1
-- no debconf information
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