Re: Realtek ethernet (was Re: recent mobo recommendation)
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:14:17 -0500
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 2010-04-14 21:58, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> > Ron Johnson put forth on 4/14/2010 8:28 AM:
> >> On 2010-04-13 22:50, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> >>> Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 4/13/2010 3:53 PM:
> >> [snip]
> >>> Either way, avoid onboard RealTek ethernet as it's not currently
> >>> supported
> >>> well by Debian. One might be able to make it work, but the
> >>> process requires
> >>> some serious hoop jumping.
> >>>
> >> Really? RealTek chips are as common as flies on horse poop, and
> >> works perfectly for me.
> >
> > Check the list archives. Not long ago (couple months maybe) Debian
> > released a 2.6.3x.x (not sure if it was Stable or Testing) kernel
> > that omitted the RealTek firmware blob due to "non free" status of
> > the code, thus bricking ethernet for quite a few users who upgraded
> > to the new kernel via regular aptitude upgrades. Is this situation
> > fixed with newer Debian kernels or are you manually telling the
> > driver where to grab the firmware file on the root filesystem? Was
> > this situation limited to just that one kernel release?
>
running 2.6.32-trunk on an Atom/Intel board and I'm not seeing any
problems.
RTL8111/8168B is what's listed via lspci
I'm getting 1GB performance
I do see the firmware messages:
r8169 requesting rtl8169-1.fw
so I'm not sure why it doesn't seem to be a problem.
There is a disturbing trend on the part of HW manufacturers to have
these customize firmware blobs, and that's not good.
Brian
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