On 17-11-29 10:23:31, Cameron Seader wrote:
> On 11/29/2017 09:55 AM, Petko Manolov wrote:
> > On 17-11-29 09:35:04, Cameron Seader wrote:
> > > On 11/29/2017 03:37 AM, Petko Manolov wrote:
> > > > On 17-11-29 06:11:22, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 07:51:06PM -0700, Cameron Seader wrote:
> > > > > > Greetings, The upstream kernel seems to be outdated with version
> > > > > > 1.09.9 of the drivers/net/usb/r8152.c driver. There is newer
> > > > > > hardware now which requires the newer version where running with
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > old one becomes unstable. For example the latest Dell Precision
> > > > > > 5520
> > > > > > uses this driver. I have currently tested the newest driver I can
> > > > > > find which is dated 8/30/2017 at version 2.09.0.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=56&PFid=56&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#RTL8153
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Attached is the driver.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have compiled this newer driver on Kernel 4.14.1 on openSUSE
> > > > > > Tumbleweed and have been successful with no issues. It certainly is
> > > > > > a lot more stable than the previous which caused issues coming out
> > > > > > of sleep mode where it would drop the speed of the NIC to 100 and
> > > > > > set it to half duplex.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm asking that we please look at updating this driver in the
> > > > > > latest
> > > > > > kernel.
> > > > >
> > > > > Care to submit patches to update the existing in-kernel driver to
> > > > > provide the support that this out-of-tree driver has? That's the
> > > > > only
> > > > > way this is going to happen :)
> > > >
> > > > Magic firmware blobs in the source. I love it... :)
> > > >
> > >
> > > Petko, Does this mean your looking into this update?
> >
>
> Petko, Are you submitting patches to update the existing in-kernel driver to
> this new one 2.09?
Nope, it ain't me. I have not authored the driver neither i have access to this
device. I thought that you're doing the upstreaming.
Petko
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