On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 06:43:04PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Samstag, 22. Januar 2011 schrieb Joe Riel: > > I just upgraded my system and got the warnings > > > > Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... > > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64 > > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module > > r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw for > > module r8169 > > > > I then installed firmware-realtek, which provides the missing files. > > Do I need to reconfigure initramfs-tools for this to take effect? > No, a far as I know, the required kernel-modules are searching in /lib/firmware > and load, what they need. However, if you do not trust them, you can do > "update-initramfs -u", which does not do dangerous things. The initramfs /might/ need the firmware before / is mounted (example: netbooting) in which case the firmware will be needed in the initrd. So running update-initramfs is certainly going to do no harm, and may be required. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
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