On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Jeff Siddall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 02/09/2012 07:12 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote:
>>
>> On 9 February 2012 22:14, Alan Bartlett<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 9 February 2012 20:55, Akemi Yagi<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm, I see that you have updated r8168. But Jeff mentioned "the r8169
>>>> driver" in his post ...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hmm. I *thought* I saw a reference to the RTL8168 hardware using the
>>> distro r8169 driver . . .
>>>
>>> Perhaps Jeff will clarify "what is what", please?
>>>
>> Both the kmod-r8168&  the kmod-r8169 packages, from the ELRepo
>>
>> Project, have now been updated to use the latest Realtek tarballs.
>>
>> Whichever driver Jeff requires, the latest version is now available
>> from the repository.
>>
>> Alan.
>
>
> 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:
>
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B
> PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
>
> Jeff

Please go to ELRepo FAQ #4 at http://elrepo.org/tiki/FAQ and identify
the Vendor:Device ID pairing of your controller. Then you can find out
which driver to use by looking through the device ID page at
http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs .

Akemi