Re: Mainboard for Debian stable

[Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl>]

Op 29-12-11 22:24, Andrei Popescu schreef:
> On Jo, 29 dec 11, 21:50:46, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>>
>> I see here: "I just *did* backport r8169 from 3.0 into squeeze."
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-wnpp/2011/11/msg00347.html
> 
> You probably meant:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-wnpp/2011/11/msg00346.html (From: Ben 
> Hutchings).

Correct, my mistake.

>> But where can I find that backport?
> 
> It is the kernel itself. See the changelog:
> 
> linux-2.6 (2.6.32-36) stable; urgency=low
> ...
>   [ Ben Hutchings ]
>   ...
>   * r8169: Backport changes up to Linux 3.0.2 (Closes: #627704)
>     - Fix support for RTL8102E and RTL8168DP
>     - Add support for RTL8105E, RTL8168E and another variant of RTL8168DP
>     - Add support for D-Link DGE-530T rev C1

Great! Thanks for the info.

Very complex those names. In the specs they have different names then in
lspci. For Google: This means the Realtek 8111E should work with Debian
Squeeze.

> If you have devices that don't work with this module I'm sure the kernel 
> developers will want to know.

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.

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