From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265263AbUHCHjo (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Aug 2004 03:39:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265264AbUHCHjo (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Aug 2004 03:39:44 -0400 Received: from electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com ([213.41.134.224]:18880 "EHLO fr.zoreil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265263AbUHCHjn (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Aug 2004 03:39:43 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:36:06 +0200 From: Francois Romieu To: dlion Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Realtek 8169 NIC driver version Message-ID: <20040803093606.A4911@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <1677288031.20040803142517@yahoo.com.cn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1677288031.20040803142517@yahoo.com.cn>; from dlion2005@yahoo.com.cn on Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 02:25:17PM +0800 X-Organisation: Land of Sunshine Inc. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org dlion : [...] > 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