From: | Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> |
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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> |