On Saturday, 20 May 2023 10:54:21 BST Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2023-05-20, Michael wrote: > > On Saturday, 20 May 2023 07:59:59 BST Philip Webb wrote: > >> I'm trying to install Gentoo in my new machine > >> & have got to the step of compiling a kernel. > >> I used the config file from my present machine, did 'make oldconfig' > >> & have then done 'make menuconfig' to include drivers etc. > >> > >> The 'make' stage goes on for a long time, then crashes doing > >> 'UPD drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw.gen.S' > >> with message "make [5] *** No rule to make target > >> 'lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw' needed by > >> 'drivers/base/firmware_loader/ builtin/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw.gen.o' > >> Stop". > >> > >> The relevant line in Menuconfig is 'DeviceDrivers > NetworkDeviceSupport > >> > > >> EthernetDriverSupport' under 'Realtek devices'. > >> I've tried it with 'Realtek8169/8168/...' 'Y' or 'M' or 'N' > >> & also with 'Realtek devices' as 'N'. I also tried a 'make clean'. > >> The same error goes on happening. > >> > >> Since I don't have anything by Realtek for networking > >> -- sound uses Realtek -- , I can't understand the behaviour above. > >> > >> Can anyone offer any advice ? > > > > The compilation complains it is missing the firmware required by a realtek > > NIC, probably a setting inherited from the config settings of the old > > kernel? You eventually compiled it with "N". I suspect the order in > > which you configured/compiled it plays a role in this error. > > > Since you do not have this hardware, set it to "N", then run: > Could this be the manually defined list of firmware blobs to include in > the kernel image, and not something automatically pulled in by a driver? > > I'm not sure what's the quickest way to check, perhaps this works?: > > grep CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE /usr/src/linux/.config
This will not resolve the problem of a missing firmware file. It is missing in the filesystem.
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