On 03.03.2021 08:39, Valdis Klētnieks wrote: > On Wed, 03 Mar 2021 07:51:06 +0100, Heiner Kallweit said: >>> # Firmware loader >>> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw" >>> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware" >>> >> This is wrong, simply remove it. > >>> But then I take a closer look at drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c >>> #define FIRMWARE_8168D_1 "rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw" >>> #define FIRMWARE_8168D_2 "rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw" >>> #define FIRMWARE_8168E_1 "rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw" > > Yes, but then how are *these* filenames supposed to work? Is a userspace > helper > supposed to be smart enough to append the .xz, and the EXTRA_FIRMWARE variant > for embedding out-of-tree firmware has to point at an uncompressed version? > There is no such thing as compressed firmware files, see here: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/rtl_nic
Your issue may be distro-specific, so you should check in a support forum of your respective distro.
