[aklug] Re: Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit ethernet

From: Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net>
Date: Tue Jun 22 2010 - 21:38:35 AKDT

On Tuesday 22 June 2010 16:34:53 Greg Madden wrote:
> FYI
> I upgrade my box and got the realtek nic on the motherboard.. I am using
> the 2.6.26 kernel, Debian stable, which uses the realtek driver t r6189,
> which does not work. I used a pci nic for the install.
>
> The good news is the src for the driver is available at realtek's site, url
> enclosed, and compiles and runs easily. The source package includes a
> autorun.sh file for those who like automagic stuff, me.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2w43ckb
>
> AMD Phenom X4 3.0, whoo-hoo :-)

I forgot to mention, the r8169 module needs to be blacklisted.

-- 
Peace,
Greg
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