Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > On 11/25/2013 11:50 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Dan McGhee wrote: > >>>> r8169 71677 0 >>>> mii 13527 1 r8169 >> >> Looking at the help in the kernel for CONFIG_R8169: >> >> Selects: FW_LOADER [=y] && CRC32 [=y] && MII [=y] > > How does one access this "help"?
Use a / and type in a term. >> so mii is probably selected automatically. The question the above line >> gives me is whether there is a firmware blob for this card. > > What is a "firmware blob"? Binary bits that are loaded into a device to make it work (better). Generally they are built from proprietary code. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
