Re: RTL8159 firmware

[Birger Koblitz]

On 01/07/2026 23:06, Aleksander Jan Bajkowski wrote:
> Hi Birger,
> Realtek recently released firmware for the RTL8261C[1]. I expect
> the RTL8159 has an RTL8261x PHY built in. Do you know whether
> the RTL8159 firmware consists only the PHY firmware?
>
> 1. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/rtl_nic/rtl8261c.bin
I tried to analyze the FW with my own tool and it is not in the same
format as the one used by the r8152 driver. Dumping strings also
does not show any discernible other type of headers. Also the length
is not right, it is by a factor of 3 too large. So, I do not believe
that this is the solution.

Birger