RealTek 8169 support question
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Hello Francois-
I just bought a new Jetway mainboard with a pair of RTL 8169 NICs. After installing Fedora 7, and upgrading to 2.6.22.1-41.fc7, I still can't get either of the NICs to recognize a link beat from my switch.
lspci -v output:
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: Jetway Information Co., Ltd. Unknown device 10ec
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
I/O ports at ee00 [size=256]
Memory at fdffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 10020000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: Jetway Information Co., Ltd. Unknown device 10ec
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
Memory at fdffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 10030000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
I assume "Unknown device" indicates that the driver doesn't recognize the model string?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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I just bought a new Jetway mainboard with a pair of RTL 8169 NICs.
Mini-ITX J7F4 ?
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After installing Fedora 7, and upgrading to 2.6.22.1-41.fc7, I still can't get either of the NICs to recognize a link beat from my switch.
lspci -v output:
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: Jetway Information Co., Ltd. Unknown device 10ec
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 I/O ports at ee00 [size=256]
Memory atfdffe000(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 10020000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
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I assume "Unknown device" indicates that the driver doesn't recognize the model string?
Not exactly. The driver uses the PCI Vendor ID/Device ID Configuration registers to identify the chipset. lspci used the same information to identify a "Realtek... RTL-8110SC/8169SC...". It is a known device. The driver does not care about the Subsystem ID ("10ec" above) so there is nothing to worry about here.
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Thanks in advance for any advice.
Have your tried 2.6.23-git-latest or at least a post 2.6.23-rc1 kernel ?
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I just bought a new Jetway mainboard with a pair of RTL 8169 NICs.
Mini-ITX J7F4 ?
Yes. I wanted a low-power DSL router that will support IPv6 and have a familiar GUI.
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Have your tried 2.6.23-git-latest or at least a post 2.6.23-rc1 kernel ?
Not yet. I wanted to check with "the Maintainer" to see if it was worth trying. :-) The last time I tried a kernel build on one of these little Via processors, it took forever. Will give it a shot.
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Not yet. I wanted to check with "the Maintainer" to see if it was worth trying. :-) The last time I tried a kernel build on one of these
It is worth trying.
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little Via processors, it took forever. Will give it a shot.
Why can you not compile on a different computer ?
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Not yet. I wanted to check with "the Maintainer" to see if it was worth trying. :-) The last time I tried a kernel build on one of these
It is worth trying.
FYI: I tested a 2.6.23-rc2 kernel over the weekend, and the NICs worked without issue.
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