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Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169

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Joe Riel

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Jan 22, 2011, 12:40:02 PM1/22/11
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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?


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Hans-J. Ullrich

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Jan 22, 2011, 12:50:02 PM1/22/11
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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.

Good luck!

Hans


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Roger Leigh

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Jan 22, 2011, 1:20:01 PM1/22/11
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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.


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Roger

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Joe Riel

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Jan 22, 2011, 3:40:01 PM1/22/11
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:09:38 +0000
Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> wrote:

> 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.

Thanks. I ran update-initramfs. Don't know if *that* did anything,
but following a reboot kern.log had changed:

WAS:

Jan 17 23:26:00 gauss kernel: [ 1.001780] r8169 0000:02:00.0:firmware: requesting rtl8168d-2.fw
Jan 17 23:26:00 gauss kernel: [ 1.002981] eth0: unable to apply firmware patch

IS:

Jan 22 09:52:54 gauss kernel: [ 0.998226] r8169 0000:02:00.0:firmware: requesting rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw

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