Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753178AbaDDGyF (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Apr 2014 02:54:05 -0400 Received: from mail-yk0-f180.google.com ([209.85.160.180]:43285 "EHLO mail-yk0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752591AbaDDGyD (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Apr 2014 02:54:03 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 371 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 02:54:03 EDT MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:17:51 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Link up issue on ethernet/realtek/r8169.c From: Jagan Teki To: nic_swsd@realtek.com, romieu@fr.zoreil.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I'm using TP-LINK PCIe NIC card on my PCIe Root Complex. Probing looks fine by setting: r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded PCI: enabling device 0000:00:00.0 (0140 -> 0143) PCI: enabling device 0000:01:00.0 (0140 -> 0143) r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: RTL8168e/8111e at 0xf006a000, c0:4a:00:07:18:d4, XID 0c200000 IRQ 89 r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko] But I have an issue while in link is up $ ifconfig 192.168.1.10 up r8169 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2 r8169 0000:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw (-2) r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down Looks like firmware loading is failed in open call, Can any one suggest how to debug further. thanks! -- Jagan. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/