Realtek debian squeeze issue

Installing the new kernel package "linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64" results in new warning messages like:

  W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169

It looks like this firmware was removed from the kernel proper as part of the non-free firmware removal process, which suggests that it should be included in firmware-linux-nonfree instead.

downloaded the firmware from

• http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/all/firmware-realtek/download

firmware gets installed at

root@lexiana:/lib/firmware/rtl_nic# pwd

/lib/firmware/rtl_nic

root@lexiana:/lib/firmware/rtl_nic# ls

rtl8168d-1.fw rtl8168d-2.fw

ran update-initramfs -u.

following a reboot kern.log had changed:

WAS:

Jan 17 23:26:00 gauss kernel: [ 1.001780] r8169 0000:02:00.0:firmware: requesting rtl8168d-2.fw Jan 17 23:26:00 gauss kernel: [ 1.002981] eth0: unable to apply firmware patch

IS:

Jan 22 09:52:54 gauss kernel: [ 0.998226] r8169 0000:02:00.0:firmware: requesting rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw