RE: [Etherboot-developers] RTL8169 gigabit NIC

[Timothy L. <tl...@ro...>]

> 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?

I saw a fairly cheap Gig card a while back but the box was sealed, damn
plastic wrapper.  Some searching revealed that DLink has a DL2000 based
NIC available.  It is apparently somehow related to the suncance card
(or maybe that driver was used as the base).

Tim

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