Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? [SOLVED]

From	"M.A. Perry" <maperry@zeelandnet.nl>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? [SOLVED]
Date	2017-01-15 12:20 +0100
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Thank you.
M.A.P.
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On 01/15/2017 10:28 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2017, at 09:16, M.A. Perry wrote:
>
>> 3.  From 1. and 2. I have concluded that the non-free
>>        "programming" added to the interface hardware
>>        is non-volatile (i.e. persistent); which raises the
>>        question how does one de-install the non-free
>>        firmware should that ever be necessary in the
>>        future? [Or have I got it wrong again??]
> I doubt it's persistent.  The error message you saw seemed to be from a
> post-boot command, presumably executed every time you reboot, that
> loads the optional firmware into the chipset.
>

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Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?  [SOLVED] "M.A. Perry" <maperry@zeelandnet.nl> - 2017-01-15 10:20 +0100
  Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? [SOLVED] Jeremy Nicoll <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> - 2017-01-15 10:30 +0100
    Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?  [SOLVED] "M.A. Perry" <maperry@zeelandnet.nl> - 2017-01-15 12:20 +0100

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