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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Realtek R8168
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:36:25
Message-Id: 5349CDEF.7020006@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Realtek R8168 by Peter Humphrey
1 Am 12.04.2014 17:53, schrieb Peter Humphrey:
2 > Hello list,
3 >
4 > Has anyone got =net-misc/r8168-8.028.00::gentoo to compile? I get a fatal
5 > error:
6 >
7 > In function ‘rtl8168_rx_vlan_skb’:
8 > error: too few arguments to function ‘__vlan_hwaccel_put_tag’
9 >
10 > My kernel is 3.12.13, and I see that portage has patches for kernels 303 and
11 > 3.8 which I assume are being applied. But I found here [1] a patch against
12 > kernel 3.10, but apparently for Ubuntu.
13 >
14 > Can anyone advise me how to proceed here? I've been using the in-kernel R8169
15 > module with no problems until I installed Snort, but now I have to keep
16 > issuing "ethtool -K eth0 gro off" every minute - and still gro seems to be
17 > switched on again in time to confuse Snort. That's why I thought I'd try the
18 > R8168 module.
19 >
20 > 1. http://code.google.com/p/r8168/issues/detail?id=13
21 >
22
23 why do you need this driver with realtek nics &onboard devices being
24 supported by in-kernel drivers for... forever?
25
26 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
27 RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 09)
28
29 lsmod:
30 r8169 60705 0