On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 00:35 +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:
> The binary file of the firmware is moved to linux-firmware repository.
> The firmwares are rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw and rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw.
> The driver goes along if the firmware couldn't be found. However, it
> is suggested to be done with the suitable firmware.
[...]

You should also add 'select FW_LOADER' to the Kconfig section for R8169.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings, Debian Developer and kernel team member