Bug 4047 - 2_a2: eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw (-2)
Summary: 2_a2: eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw (-2)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thomas Backlund
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Keywords: Triaged
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Reported: 2012-01-07 01:15 CET by Bit Twister
Modified: 2012-05-12 15:04 CEST (History)
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Description Bit Twister 2012-01-07 01:15:44 CET 
Description of problem:

Jan  6 17:44:09 wb kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw (-2)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. reboot
2. grep firmware /var/log/messages

lshw snippet
*-network
  description: Ethernet interface
  product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
  vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
  physical id: 0
  bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
  logical name: eth0
  version: 05
  serial: d4:85:64:0d:ef:a4
  size: 100Mbit/s
  capacity: 100Mbit/s
  width: 64 bits
  clock: 33MHz
  capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet
        physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
  configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 
        driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.132
        latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
  resources: irq:42 ioport:e800(size=256) memory:febff000-febfffff memory:fdffc000-fdffffff
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-01-07 17:46:00 CET 
Hi, thanks for reporting this bug.
Assigned to the package maintainer.

(Please set the status to 'assigned' if you are working on it)

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
Assignee: bugsquad => tmb
Source RPM: (none) => kernel

Comment 2 Bit Twister 2012-01-28 14:45:53 CET 
Solution: install kernel-firmware-nonfree and rt3090-firmware packages.
Comment 3 Manuel Hiebel 2012-01-28 15:12:59 CET 
What these package not automatically installed when you have run drakconnect ?
Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2012-01-28 15:13:46 CET 
*** Bug 4046 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Bit Twister 2012-01-28 16:26:47 CET 
(In reply to comment #3)
> What these package not automatically installed when you have run drakconnect ?

If you mean during install phase, apparently not.
Can only guess it was because they are in the non-free/tainted repos  :)
and not on install dvd. :(

Guessing all RTL8101E/RTL8102E on motherboard nic users are going to need an errata paragraph of their own.

I had enabled tainted repos before doing a
urpmi --downloader wget --auto --auto-update

You pencil whipped bug 4046 as a duplicate. I disagree with that, all though I can see your reasoning.

System bogged down because of the constant kernel attempts to get phy0 up and running and filling logs with messages every few seconds.
Comment 6 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-12 10:06:03 CEST 
Trying to ping 41 bug reports in one move, because nothing has happened with them for more than 3 months, they still have the status NEW or REOPENED, there is no "OK" on the Whiteboard and severity and priority are "normal" or higher.

Is this one still valid for Mageia 2 rc?

If it is and you're the assignee, please set status to ASSIGNED if you think this bug was assigned correctly. If for work flow reasons you can't do that, then please put OK on the whiteboard instead.
If it wasn't assigned correctly, please assign back to Bug Squad and explain.
Comment 7 Bit Twister 2012-05-12 15:04:33 CEST 
I'll resolve this one because the system did not bog down retrying hardware setup needing nonfree/tainted firmware packages.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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