From: Jan Hendrik Farr <kernel@jfarr.cc>
To: Birger Koblitz <mail@birger-koblitz.de>
Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
hsu.chih.kai@realtek.com, kuba@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, olek2@wp.pl, pabeni@redhat.com
Subject: Re: RTL8159 firmware
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 20:15:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <akVZUQX1V-jAM06U@archlinux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5dc0e654-0bdb-422c-9049-94ee6d8867e4@birger-koblitz.de>
On 01 19:24:13, Birger Koblitz wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> On 7/1/26 19:13, Jan Hendrik Farr wrote:
> > Hi Birger,
> >
> > it looks like the firmware file rtl_nic/rtl8159-1.fw isn't in linux-firmware yet.
> > Could you send it for people to potentially test?
> >
> > Jan
> >
> The code to create the binary firmware file is at:
> https://gitlab.com/koblitz-rtlnic/rtlnic_fw
I'm getting a 404.
> But I cannot submit the firmware itself to linux-firmware, as the sourcecode from
> which the binary data is extracted is published by Realtek under the GPL.
> For linux-firmware, a binary distribution license is necessary, which requires
> someone from Realtek to license it under their usual firmware license. I
> contacted Realtek, but never heard back.
Ok, let's hope they'll get back to you...
Jan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-01 18:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-05 15:56 [PATCH net-next v4 0/3] r8152: Add support for the RTL8159 10Gbit USB Ethernet chip Birger Koblitz
2026-05-05 15:56 ` [PATCH net-next v4 1/3] r8152: Add support for 10Gbit Link Speeds and EEE Birger Koblitz
2026-05-05 15:56 ` [PATCH net-next v4 2/3] r8152: Add support for the RTL8159 chip Birger Koblitz
2026-05-05 15:56 ` [PATCH net-next v4 3/3] r8152: Add firmware upload capability for RTL8157/RTL8159 Birger Koblitz
2026-07-01 17:13 ` RTL8159 firmware Jan Hendrik Farr
2026-07-01 17:24 ` Birger Koblitz
2026-07-01 18:15 ` Jan Hendrik Farr [this message]
2026-07-01 18:58 ` Birger Koblitz
2026-07-01 19:29 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-07-01 20:13 ` Jan Hendrik Farr
2026-07-01 20:32 ` Birger Koblitz
2026-07-01 21:06 ` Aleksander Jan Bajkowski
2026-07-03 4:47 ` Birger Koblitz
2026-05-07 2:00 ` [PATCH net-next v4 0/3] r8152: Add support for the RTL8159 10Gbit USB Ethernet chip patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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