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| From: | Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 and RTL-8168 | ||
| Date: | Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:17:26 | ||
| Message-Id: | 4D4420ED.4030205@gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 and RTL-8168 by Florian Philipp |
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| 1 | Florian Philipp wrote: |
| 2 | > Hi list! |
| 3 | > |
| 4 | > I'm thinking about building a new media PC and wanted to use an ASUS |
| 5 | > M4A88T-M/USB3 mainboard (link: [1]). Any objections to this? |
| 6 | > |
| 7 | > I'm a bit worried about the LAN chipset Realtek 8111E (which seems to be |
| 8 | > also known as RTL-8168E). This chipset seems to be extremely common on |
| 9 | > AM3 boards but I've found mixed results when looking for its Linux |
| 10 | > compatibility. There seems to be a driver but it is not included into |
| 11 | > the vanilla sources. There are also bug reports like [2]. |
| 12 | > |
| 13 | > On the other hand, there have been commits which indicate support for |
| 14 | > some sub types (but not the "E" type) through the r8169 driver as far |
| 15 | > back as 2.6.28 ([3-6]). |
| 16 | > |
| 17 | > Long story short: Can anyone confirm that it works or doesn't work with |
| 18 | > standard gentoo-sources or some other sources? Does someone have |
| 19 | > experiences with the Realtek drivers from their website? |
| 20 | > |
| 21 | > Somehow I find it hard to believe that nowadays Linux lacks support for |
| 22 | > like 80% of all Micro-ATX AMD boards. |
| 23 | > |
| 24 | > Thanks in advance! |
| 25 | > Florian Philipp |
| 26 | > |
| 27 | > [1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131660 |
| 28 | > [2] https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592141 |
| 29 | > [3] |
| 30 | > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=197ff761dbf9fa5de9a4684a51ee5cb534cbb852 |
| 31 | > [4] |
| 32 | > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ef3386f00fcd18a40343047329ec7ed2eb98bbe8 |
| 33 | > [5] |
| 34 | > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5b538df9dedb3469b688b93ffab2a7efb64c88e3 |
| 35 | > [6] |
| 36 | > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7f3e3d3a69da262016db6eec803881603c61ddf6 |
| 37 | > |
| 38 | > |
| 39 | |
| 40 | I have this according to lspci: |
| 41 | |
| 42 | 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. |
| 43 | RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03) |
| 44 | |
| 45 | Mine uses the driver r8169 and it works fine. I'm not sure about the |
| 46 | "E" part tho. If it is not some huge change, it may work fine. |
| 47 | |
| 48 | If you are not wanting or needing to stick with ASUS, why not try this |
| 49 | Gigabyte mobo? |
| 50 | |
| 51 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128431 |
| 52 | |
| 53 | I just built my rig with that mobo and it works fine. If you want to |
| 54 | use that, I can email you my kernel config and make life easier on you. |
| 55 | That mobo does not have built in video but I think there is one that |
| 56 | does tho. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | If you want to look up mobos and such for compatibility, try this site |
| 59 | and look on the left. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ |
| 62 | |
| 63 | They are not always listed in there but if you can find one with the |
| 64 | same chipset and such, at least you can decide whether to try it or not. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | Hope this helps. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | Dale |
| 69 | |
| 70 | :-) :-) |