> My laptop's "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express > Gigabit Ethernet controller" uses the r8169 driver. On kernel 2.6.36 > it works fine, but on 2.6.38 and 2.6.39 it doesn't work and > continuously outputs "eth0: unable to apply firmware patch" to dmesg. > I found this workaround: > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-882599-start-0.html > > I'm just wondering if anyone has run into the same problem and found a > better solution.
I have the same issue and it still exists with kernel 3.0.0. That system has died so I havent been able to look at it further.
