Re: [Etherboot-developers] RTL8169 gigabit NIC

[Hans-Peter J. <hp...@ur...>]

Hi Ken,

On Thursday 14 August 2003 18:48, ke...@et... wrote:
> Has anybody tried making this work with Etherboot? I see some mods in
> the Linux 8139cp.c driver that seem to indicate the hardware has a
> similar structure. There is also a driver written by Realtek which
> might handle media negotiation better.  What are the prices of NICs
> based on this controller like? Is Realtek stamping them out like
> cookies like they did with the 8139?
>
> Sigh, technology moves on, time for me to start looking for a Gb
> switch.

The cheap ones aren't jumbo frame capable yet, unfortunately, but this 
is necessary to squeeze the bones out of it without insanely hogging 
the cpu. 64/66 PCI is helpful, too. In order to play with jumbo frames, 
I've created a linux kernel patch to support the dhcp interface-mtu 
option, BTW. 

Sorry, can't say anything about the RTL8169, using the Pro/1000 MT 
desktop NICs here.

Pete