Hello
I've just been hit by one of the chipsets described at
http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8111b. Because
a) it does not work with the stock driver included in Centos 5.1 and
b) I am very lazy and I do not like manually compiling modules each time
a new kernel is installed (not to mention that I never forget anything,
except for the important things which always go under the radar unnoticed)
I ripped the r1000 rpm from rpmforge and created a dkms based rpm for
the r8168 driver.
Since others might find a use for it too, I have uploaded the rpm
(and it's corresponding source) at
http://wolfy.fedorapeople.org/dkms-r8168/. I am also thinking of linking
to it from the above mentioned wiki page. What do you think ?
Manuel
On Feb 6, 2008 7:06 AM, Manuel Wolfshant <wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro> wrote:> Hello > > I've just been hit by one of the chipsets described at > http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8111b. Because > a) it does not work with the stock driver included in Centos 5.1 and > b) I am very lazy and I do not like manually compiling modules each time > a new kernel is installed (not to mention that I never forget anything, > except for the important things which always go under the radar unnoticed) > I ripped the r1000 rpm from rpmforge and created a dkms based rpm for > the r8168 driver. > Since others might find a use for it too, I have uploaded the rpm > (and it's corresponding source) at > http://wolfy.fedorapeople.org/dkms-r8168/. I am also thinking of linking > to it from the above mentioned wiki page. What do you think ? > > > ManuelThat would help users today. But how about offering it here? https://projects.centos.org/trac/dasha/ to make it part of CentOS projects? There is a ticket for r8111: https://projects.centos.org/trac/dasha/ticket/1 Akemi
On 02/06/2008 05:06 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:> Hello > > I've just been hit by one of the chipsets described at > http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8111b. Because > a) it does not work with the stock driver included in Centos 5.1 and > b) I am very lazy and I do not like manually compiling modules each > time a new kernel is installed (not to mention that I never forget > anything, except for the important things which always go under the > radar unnoticed) > I ripped the r1000 rpm from rpmforge and created a dkms based rpm for > the r8168 driver. > Since others might find a use for it too, I have uploaded the rpm > (and it's corresponding source) at > http://wolfy.fedorapeople.org/dkms-r8168/. I am also thinking of > linking to it from the above mentioned wiki page. What do you think ? > > > Manuel > >So, any objections to editing http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8111b and adding a reference to my package ? Or maybe substitute suggestions / corrections to my proposal ... ? manuel