On 03/11/13 01:34, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
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config R8169
tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support"
Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit
Ethernet adapter.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called r8169. This is recommended.
oh great, so I actually mixed it up…
the 8169 is in the Kernel yes, but what i need is the 8168
The in-kernel drive (supposedly) supports 8168:
r8169.c: RealTek 8169/8168/8101 ethernet driver.
Thanks for encouraging me, the in-kernel driver actually works.
Note that you also need to emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware. The driver
will work without it, but the ethernet connection can hang after an hour
or so.
You can verify whether you need to install the firmware or not by
inspecting the kernel log:
dmesg | grep -i firmware
This should show the kernel trying to load the firmware for your R8168
chip but failing.
I had my share of problems with recent kernels and Realtek 8168 so I went and
bought and internal network card:
Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection card.
I did know that I'm suppose to install "sys-kernel/linux-firmware"
I just did (just in case) but running: dmesg | grep -i firmware
doesn't show that kernel is trying to load anything.
--
Joseph
