Realtek 8169 NIC driver version
Hello lkml,
I have read some driver codes in the Linux kernel. I noticed
that the RTL-8169 driver(r8169.c) is an older version (v1.2). There is a newer drivers on Realtek's website. It's version number is v1.6 , and it is really much better than v1.2. Why not merge it into official kernel realease?
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Best regards, dlion mailto:[email protected]
dlion <[email protected]> :
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I have read some driver codes in the Linux kernel. I noticed
that the RTL-8169 driver(r8169.c) is an older version (v1.2). There is a newer drivers on Realtek's website. It's version number is v1.6 , and it is really much better than v1.2. Why not merge it into official kernel realease?
It has already been merged in 2.4.x and 2.6.x. That's old history, really.
If you experience issues with the r8169 driver in the current 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel (be they fixed by the driver on Realtek's website or not), I am all ears.
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Ueimor
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dlion <[email protected]> :
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I have read some driver codes in the Linux kernel. I noticed
that the RTL-8169 driver(r8169.c) is an older version (v1.2). There is a newer drivers on Realtek's website. It's version number is v1.6 , and it is really much better than v1.2. Why not merge it into official kernel realease?
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It has already been merged in 2.4.x and 2.6.x. That's old history, really.
This one bit me awhile back, too. Could we just remove that version number? (Especially with the latest round of changes, the in-kernel driver bears little resemblance to Realtek's.)
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Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> :
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This one bit me awhile back, too. Could we just remove that version number? (Especially with the latest round of changes, the in-kernel driver bears little resemblance to Realtek's.)
A patch has been sent to Jeff. If someone wants to see it before it's in Jeff's -netdev or -mm, it is available at:
http://www.fr.zoreil.com/people/francois/misc/r8169-40.patch
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Ueimor
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Hello lkml,
I have read some driver codes in the Linux kernel. I noticed
that the RTL-8169 driver(r8169.c) is an older version (v1.2). There is a newer drivers on Realtek's website. It's version number is v1.6 , and it is really much better than v1.2. Why not merge it into official kernel realease?
Make diff and send it (and your success story) to Jeff.
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