Looks like you're right on this one. Patch applied to the git repo.
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Title:
ethdetect fails trying to load firmware patch rtl8168d-2.fw
To manage
This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.63
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linux-firmware (1.63) precise; urgency=low
* Add rtl8168d-2.fw to nic-firmware. LP: #900750.
-- Steve LangasekWed, 14 Dec 2011 15:21:51 -0800
** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Triaged => F
Attached is the fix for linux-firmware for this issue, which I'll be
uploading to precise shortly. Tim, could you pull this into the git
repo for me?
** Patch added: "0001-Add-rtl8168d-2.fw-to-nic-firmware.-LP-900750.patch"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/900750/
This is definitely not the same bug. The firmware in question is *not
included* in the nic-firmware udeb.
Bug #842560 is strictly about failures to load firmware due to a race
when killing udev in the initramfs. The d-i netboot doesn't do this at
all, and the firmware is not there to load in the
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 842560 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/842560
The symptoms are identical to 842560, so I'm marking this as a
duplicate. Note that the firmware fails to load right as udev is
transitioning from initrd to rootfs.
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of
** Also affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: High
Assignee: Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team)
Status: Triaged
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** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
Status: N
This needs to be fixed by adding the necessary firmware file to the nic-
firmware udeb. Reassigning to linux-firmware.
** Package changed: debian-installer (Ubuntu) => linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
** Summary changed:
- ethdetect fails trying to load firmware patch rt18168d-2.fw
+ ethdetect fails trying to load firmware patch rtl8168d-2.fw
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