Re: Realtek 8169 NIC driver version

[Francois Romieu]

dlion <dlion2005@xxxxxxxxxxxx> :
[...]
>   I have read some driver codes in the Linux kernel. I noticed
> that the RTL-8169 driver(r8169.c) is an older version (v1.2).
> There is a newer drivers on Realtek's website. It's version
> number is v1.6 , and it is really much better than v1.2. Why
> not merge it into official kernel realease?

It has already been merged in 2.4.x and 2.6.x. That's old history,
really.

If you experience issues with the r8169 driver in the current 2.4.x and
2.6.x kernel (be they fixed by the driver on Realtek's website or not),
I am all ears.

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Ueimor
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