From: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
To: dlion <dlion2005@yahoo.com.cn>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Realtek 8169 NIC driver version
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:36:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040803093606.A4911@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1677288031.20040803142517@yahoo.com.cn>; from dlion2005@yahoo.com.cn on Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 02:25:17PM +0800
dlion <dlion2005@yahoo.com.cn> :
[...]
> I have read some driver codes in the Linux kernel. I noticed
> that the RTL-8169 driver(r8169.c) is an older version (v1.2).
> There is a newer drivers on Realtek's website. It's version
> number is v1.6 , and it is really much better than v1.2. Why
> not merge it into official kernel realease?
It has already been merged in 2.4.x and 2.6.x. That's old history,
really.
If you experience issues with the r8169 driver in the current 2.4.x and
2.6.x kernel (be they fixed by the driver on Realtek's website or not),
I am all ears.
--
Ueimor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-03 7:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-03 6:25 dlion
2004-08-03 7:36 ` Francois Romieu [this message]
2004-08-04 16:55 ` Andy Lutomirski
2004-08-04 17:16 ` Francois Romieu
2004-08-03 14:39 ` Denis Vlasenko
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