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From: Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>
To: Gentoo User List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 and RTL-8168
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:31:47
Message-Id: 4D440841.4000309@binarywings.net
1 Hi list!
2
3 I'm thinking about building a new media PC and wanted to use an ASUS
4 M4A88T-M/USB3 mainboard (link: [1]). Any objections to this?
5
6 I'm a bit worried about the LAN chipset Realtek 8111E (which seems to be
7 also known as RTL-8168E). This chipset seems to be extremely common on
8 AM3 boards but I've found mixed results when looking for its Linux
9 compatibility. There seems to be a driver but it is not included into
10 the vanilla sources. There are also bug reports like [2].
11
12 On the other hand, there have been commits which indicate support for
13 some sub types (but not the "E" type) through the r8169 driver as far
14 back as 2.6.28 ([3-6]).
15
16 Long story short: Can anyone confirm that it works or doesn't work with
17 standard gentoo-sources or some other sources? Does someone have
18 experiences with the Realtek drivers from their website?
19
20 Somehow I find it hard to believe that nowadays Linux lacks support for
21 like 80% of all Micro-ATX AMD boards.
22
23 Thanks in advance!
24 Florian Philipp
25
26 [1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131660
27 [2] https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592141
28 [3]
29 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=197ff761dbf9fa5de9a4684a51ee5cb534cbb852
30 [4]
31 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ef3386f00fcd18a40343047329ec7ed2eb98bbe8
32 [5]
33 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5b538df9dedb3469b688b93ffab2a7efb64c88e3
34 [6]
35 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7f3e3d3a69da262016db6eec803881603c61ddf6

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Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 and RTL-8168 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 and RTL-8168 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>