Bill, your CentOS 5 RTL8110 page should probably be updated. I've confirmed that there's a newer r8169 driver in the kernel that works with the RTL8110. RealTek's web site now carries the new r8169 instead of the r1000. The newer driver fixed a problem I was having on one host so we should probably recommend it over the older r1000. I've updated my CentOS 4 page. Kirk Bocek http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/CentOS5/RealTek/r1000 http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/RealTekr1000
Kirk Bocek wrote: > Bill, your CentOS 5 RTL8110 page should probably be updated. I've confirmed > that there's a newer r8169 driver in the kernel that works with the RTL8110. > RealTek's web site now carries the new r8169 instead of the r1000. > > The newer driver fixed a problem I was having on one host so we should > probably recommend it over the older r1000. > > I've updated my CentOS 4 page. > > Kirk Bocek > > http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/CentOS5/RealTek/r1000 > http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/RealTekr1000 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-docs mailing list > CentOS-docs@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs > > After removing the r1000 driver and rebooting to kernel-2.6.18-8.1.14, my realtek does not work using the r8169 module.
Sorry for the delay in responding. Whoops, my bad. Looks like I may have slipped in the updated 6.003.00-NAPI driver on my testing maching. Checking another host with an unmodified 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 kernel, I see that it still has the older 2.2LK-NAPI r8169 driver. Looks like RedHat *hasn't* backported the driver. Does anyone know of an easy way to search the old kernels so I can figure out when the 6.x-NAPI driver was added? I'll modify the wiki page. Linux Rockz wrote: > After removing the r1000 driver and rebooting to kernel-2.6.18-8.1.14, > my realtek does not work using the r8169 module. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-docs mailing list > CentOS-docs@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
Kirk Bocek wrote: > Does anyone know of an easy way to search the old kernels so I can figure out > when the 6.x-NAPI driver was added? To answer my own question, kernelnewbies.org maintains a history of kernel changes. Googling "r8169 site:kernelnewbies.org" gave me my answer. The 6.x-NAPI driver has *not* been integrated in the main kernel. Checking a recently installed 2.6.22.9 kernel, I still see 2.2LK-NAPI. Kirk Bocek