Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Matti Nykyri <matti.nykyri@×××.fi>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet dont use kernel module
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:49:01
Message-Id: C6F5B7CB-ED5D-4C36-B626-BAF0C0BD920D@iki.fi
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet dont use kernel module by Facundo Curti
1 On Mar 9, 2014, at 11:35, Facundo Curti <facu.curti@×××××.com> wrote:
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3 > I suggest you to try r8168 module. The realtek RTL8111/8168 chip is buggy. The in-kernel module r8169 failed to work with the chip. When i used r8169 and booted to windows or the other way around the network card was hard locked. It required a complete power out for a minute to reset the card. With r8168 module there is no problems. The code is here:
4 > r8168.googlecode.com/files/r8168-8.036.00.tar.gz
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6 > Broken link :P
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8 > I've fixed it!! Finally! But i have to say it... I'm stupid!! The problem was that I was booting from the wrong kernel.
9 > I was booting from "kernel-gentoo", and I was installing the new kernel as "kernel-version-gentoo". So, no matter how much changes I made, the kernel was always the same :P
10 >
11 > Sorry for make lose your time, was a stupid mistake from me :/ Thank you for patience!
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13 Sorry. A typo:
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15 r8168.googlecode.com/files/r8168-8.036.00.tar.bz2
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17 -M