Re: Request for r8168 stretch-backports
On 2018-05-14 20:24, Jens Reyer wrote:
> On 5/14/18 8:15 PM, Jens Reyer wrote:
>> Hi Andreas, hi all,
>>
>> r8168-dkms from stable fails to build the module for the backported
>> linux 4.16. I now successfully tried r8168-dkms_8.045.08-3_all.deb from
>> testing, which just works. So I'd like to request a stretch backport of
>> r8168 - can you do that?
>
> Err, correction: the module builds and loads, but ethernet still doesn't
> work. No idea (yet), why.
So it probably doesn't work in sid neither? I don't need it myself ...
it was just my dkms playground a few years ago.
No point backporting it unless someone reports successfully using this
driver while r8169 does not work.
Andreas
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