r8169 firmware load failure

Jaglover · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 12:46 am Post subject: r8169 firmware load failure

Can someone tell me what's wrong here? The firmware is where it should be.

ct85711 · Veteran Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 1694

did you build the driver as built in or as a module? (If you built the driver in, you also need to build the firmware into the kernel too.)

Jaglover · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:47 am Post subject:

It is built as module.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 5:37 pm Post subject:

Jaglover,

Do you have /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw ?
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Jaglover · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:05 pm Post subject:

Neddy,

I certainly do, the error (-22) is not the same as not found (-2). I suspect the error in dmesg has something to do with it.
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krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7006

you might also just disable the firmware, my previous m/b nic was using a r8169 too but the card was running fine without any firmware.
i know many users report trouble with r8169 cards, but it seems not all cards are totally buggy.

Jaglover · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:49 am Post subject:

Thanks for replies, I've switched to out of kernel r8168 driver as workaround.
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