W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8156*.fw for module r8152

After Debian Linux 11 upgrade to Debian 12, I have received some warnings:

$ sudo update-initramfs -u

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-25-amd64

W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8156b-2.fw for module r8152

W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8156a-2.fw for module r8152

W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8153c-1.fw for module r8152

and if i recall correctly, the networking did not work (under latest kernel 5.x).

My physical network interfaces are mentioned here. (it shows Realtek RTL8153 not *52)

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main
2: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main
3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib
4: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib
5: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib
6: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib
7: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-proposed-updates main contrib non-free-firmware
8: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug/ bookworm-backports-debug contrib

It has been fixed by the command:
sudo apt install firmware-realtek # it is a non-free (when searching deb packages for "realtek")

which resulted in:

The following additional packages will be installed:

firmware-amd-graphics firmware-misc-nonfree
The following packages will be upgraded:
firmware-amd-graphics firmware-misc-nonfree firmware-realtek

I am unsure if this has been a good step and why it warned me (i should fix something so it does not happen again?).
I am having some occasional glitches with some windows content in my KDE desktop environment (it may not be related to a firmware-amd-graphics package though).

Statistics: Posted by postcd — 2024-10-05 09:06 — Replies 1 — Views 77

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