[RTnet-developers] Gigabit driver RTL8169

[Klaus K. <kla...@in...>]

Hello,

attached you find the first Gigabit Ethernet driver for RTnet.
It is a patch against RTnet-0.8.3 and supports NICs based on the
Realtek RTL-8169 chipset. This driver was developed and tested
using two D-Link DGE-528T cards and a D-Link 5port Gigabit Switch
(have a look at the DGE-910 package from D-Link).
The driver is based on the latest sources from Realtek with some
important backports from the r8169 driver in the 2.6.12 kernel.

Jumbo frames are not yet supported, as the MTU size within the
RTnet core would have to be adjusted for this, but I'm on it. :-)

In the next weeks I'll hopefully present the next GigE driver
(then for Intel chipsets).

If one of you has the possibility to also test this driver or have
a look at it I'd be thankful for your feedback.

Best regards,

    Klaus

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