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On 10 February 2012 01:44, Jeff Siddall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 02/09/2012 07:12 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote:
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>> On 9 February 2012 22:14, Alan Bartlett<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> On 9 February 2012 20:55, Akemi Yagi<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> Hmmm, I see that you have updated r8168. But Jeff mentioned "the r8169
>>>> driver" in his post ...
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>>> Hmm. I *thought* I saw a reference to the RTL8168 hardware using the
>>> distro r8169 driver . . .
>>>
>>> Perhaps Jeff will clarify "what is what", please?
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>> Both the kmod-r8168& the kmod-r8169 packages, from the ELRepo
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>> Project, have now been updated to use the latest Realtek tarballs.
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>> Whichever driver Jeff requires, the latest version is now available
>> from the repository.
>>
>> Alan.
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> Hmmm... I didn't think there was an 8169 driver from RealTek. Anyway, I am
> using the RealTek 8168 driver now. The original kernel driver was the
> r8169.
>
> Here is what lspci says:
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> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B
> PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
That is what I (erroneously) assumed when I initially mentioned the
kmod-r8168 package. Having clarified that, I'm sure Akemi will now be
satisfied. :)
Alan.
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