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| From | Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? |
| Date | 2017-01-14 11:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sZu4i-4Sw-35@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <sZsFd-49R-33@gated-at.bofh.it> <sZtBf-4Iu-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 01/14/2017 04:13 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 14/01/2017 à 10:18, M.A. Perry a écrit : >> >> On boot-up, the monitor briefly shows a message to the >> effect "... failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw firmware". >> Running "dmesg | tail" shows much the same in more detail. >> >> Nevertheless, the wired ethernet connection to internet >> seems to work fine.(...) >> >> The above suggests that other software takes over the >> function of the missing Non-Free RealTek driver. > > No. > 1) The missing file is a firmware, not a driver. > 2) No other software takes over the function of a missing firmware. > The function just won't be used. Some firmware functions are optional, > such as offload optimizations. > While I do not have a RealTek ethernet nic, the wireless interface on my laptop is RealTek and it has a similar situation, though without the firmware, the wireless interface will not run at all. The required firmware for my interface is contained in 'firmware-linux-nonfree' package. I suspect that package would probably work for you as well. Check the information associated with this package and others discussed on this thread to see exactly which one is needed for you nic. As noted by other posts, in your situation, it appears that the firmware is optional, providing extra functionality which you will probably never notice (though the OS may well use it behind the scenes). Ultimately, the question to answer is do you care about the possible optimizations provided by the firmware and/or do you care about the message popping up at boot time. If you don't need the optimizations and don't care about the message, then you don't need the firmware. -- 73's de Mike, WB5VQX
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Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? "M.A. Perry" <maperry@zeelandnet.nl> - 2017-01-14 10:20 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? Вадим Колчев <vadimkolchev@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 11:20 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-01-14 11:20 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 11:50 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 12:00 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-01-14 12:10 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-01-14 11:30 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-01-14 11:40 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-01-14 12:20 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-01-14 18:30 +0100
Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-14 21:30 +0100
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