Re: [RTnet-developers] Gigabit driver RTL8169

[Jan K. <ki...@rt...>]

Klaus Keppler wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> attached you find the first Gigabit Ethernet driver for RTnet.

Really fine work. Thanks for the contribution!

> 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.
> 

I was trying to merge your patch into SVN, but I ran into some troubles
because the patch contains a rt_r8169_n.c file (instead of plain
rt_r8169.c). Just rename it?

Jan