On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 20:42 +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@member.fsf.org> > > * Package name : r8168-dkms > Version : 8.026.00 > Upstream Author : Realtek Semiconductor Corp. > * URL : > http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false > * License : GPL-2+ (contains binary blobs) > Programming Lang: C > Description : Realtek r8168 device driver for Linux (DKMS version) > r8168 is the Linux device driver released for RealTek RTL8168B/8111B, > RTL8168C/8111C, RTL8168CP/8111CP, RTL8168D/8111D, RTL8168DP/8111DP, and > RTL8168E/8111E Gigabit Ethernet controllers with PCI-Express interface. > . > This is to substitute built-in r8169 driver if it doesn't work well. Please don't. If this gets added to Debian then every time there is a bug in in-tree r8169 then users will be told 'oh, try r8168'. And if the bug is not present in r8168 then they may not report the bug at all, and it will take longer to fix. The major reason for out-of-tree driver updates is to support new hardware on older kernel versions, but we already do that through backports. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
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