Re: New laptop - problems with linux

[Jesper Juhl]

On 08/11/06, Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:39:53 -0500
> >Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
> >>Network Connection (rev 02)
> >>        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1000
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Use the ipw3945 driver and binary regulatory daemon from:
> >       http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/#downloads
> >
> >
> Thanks I have that working - I am now struggling with the disk being
> slower than molasses ( high priority, 1.xx mb/sec  ) and the integrated
> realtek ethernet
> ( low prioirty - since I got the wifi working ).
As Stephen Hemminger wrote, getting your realtek card working should
be a simple matter of either backporting the recent change that adds
its PCI ID or simply run a 2.6.19-rc5 kernel that includes it.


> >>05:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169SC
> >>Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> >>        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 1345
> >>        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop-
> >>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> >>        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> >><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> >>        Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
> >>        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
> >>        Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
> >>        Region 1: Memory at fe8ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> >>        Expansion ROM at 80000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> >>        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> >>                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA
> >>PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> >>                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> >>00: ec 10 67 81 17 00 b0 02 10 00 00 02 08 40 00 00
> >>10: 01 d8 00 00 00 fc 8f fe 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> >>20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 43 10 45 13
> >>30: 00 00 8c fe dc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 20 40
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >This PCI ID was added to 2.6.19.  You should run 2.6.19-rc5 or backport the changes.
> >

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