Re: Mainboard for Debian stable
Op 16-01-12 15:13, Ben Hutchings schreef:
> On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 09:49 +0100, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>> Op 29-12-11 23:32, Paul van der Vlis schreef:
>>> 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.
>>
>> I've tested it with an Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 mainboard and I can tell that
>> the network driver does not work.
>
> Did you install firmware-realtek? This board has one of the chips that
> needs a firmware patch to make reliable links.
No, there was not asked for firmware by the installer, and dmesg did not
say anything about firmware when I remember well.
I will try it.
With regards,
Paul
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