Linux disable firmware prevents NIC/Ethernet from working phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
[ 17.208336] tg3 0000:08:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex
[ 17.210194] tg3 0000:08:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 76.000065] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
[ 76.002332] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 86.736004] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 148.960038] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
[ 254.748035] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
I can into a server that for some reason was running a kernel that wanted to load non-existent firmware files onto it before it would actually let it work.
The only work around solution I could find was the following:
echo 1 > /sys/class/firmware/timeout
That option just let's the device work as normal even if it can't load the firmware for any reason (which I think should be the default especially for critical device drivers like the NIC).
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