Hi Patrick, Julien
Since linux-image-3.1.0 arrived in unstable (many thanks Ben),
perhaps it would be nice if you could try it with your NIC so we learn
how well new r8169 work with your card.
Could you please provide some feedback?
Because r8168 qualifies for non-free I would like to have it th
Am 13.11.2011 15:08, schrieb Andreas Beckmann:
On 2011-11-12 19:04, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
@Andreas and Dmitry:
You may cooperate on packaging or decide, who wants to maintain it in
the future.
I just revived my old ITP http://bugs.debian.org/642198
and tried to put my things in a git reposito
On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 15:08 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> On 2011-11-12 19:04, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
> > @Andreas and Dmitry:
> > You may cooperate on packaging or decide, who wants to maintain it in
> > the future.
>
> I just revived my old ITP http://bugs.debian.org/642198
> and tried to put
On 2011-11-12 19:04, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
> @Andreas and Dmitry:
> You may cooperate on packaging or decide, who wants to maintain it in
> the future.
I just revived my old ITP http://bugs.debian.org/642198
and tried to put my things in a git repository:
Only git://git.debian.org/~anbe-guest/r81
Am 10.11.2011 10:42, schrieb Dmitry Smirnov:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Dmitry Smirnov
>
> * Package name: r8168-dkms
> Version : 8.026.00
> Upstream Author : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
> * URL :
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.a
2011/11/10 onlyjob
> Thanks, Julien.
>
> I see you've made r8168-source package as well - nice.
> I will introduce support for module-assistant if we agree on package
> inclusion.
>
> > I would second that as I have another problem with r8169 which doesn't
> > support support resuming from suspen
Thanks, Julien.
I see you've made r8168-source package as well - nice.
I will introduce support for module-assistant if we agree on package inclusion.
> I would second that as I have another problem with r8169 which doesn't
> support support resuming from suspend/hibernate. I've been using r8168
Hi,
Le jeudi 10 nov. 2011 à 15:21:29 (+0100 CET), Patrick Matthäi a écrit :
> Am 10.11.2011 15:18, schrieb Ben Hutchings:
[...]
> >Anyone who has problems with r8169 in 3.0 or 3.1 should report this:
> >
> >To: Realtek linux nic maintainers
> >To: Francois Romieu
> >Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org
> >
Am 10.11.2011 15:18, schrieb Ben Hutchings:
On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 14:14 +0100, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
Am 10.11.2011 13:54, schrieb onlyjob:
[...]
Don't get me wrong: I love alternatives, but I don't see their value when it
comes to device drivers.
That's probably because you can afford it du
On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 14:14 +0100, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
> Am 10.11.2011 13:54, schrieb onlyjob:
[...]
> >> Don't get me wrong: I love alternatives, but I don't see their value when
> >> it
> >> comes to device drivers.
> >
> > That's probably because you can afford it due to lack of problematic
Am 10.11.2011 13:54, schrieb onlyjob:
Dear Kai,
well, then what is different and why can't that be upstreamed? And is there a
known case, where the driver provided by Debian doesn't work (if so, is there a
bug filed)?
Perhaps you are right, given the time and the skills and the hardware
and t
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:54:01PM +1100, onlyjob wrote:
> Perhaps you are right, given the time and the skills and the hardware
> and the person skilled and motivated enough it can be upstreamed.
> Ideally it should be.
IIRC, upstream doesn't want r8168 because supposedly it covers only
hardware
Dear Kai,
> well, then what is different and why can't that be upstreamed? And is there a
> known case, where the driver provided by Debian doesn't work (if so, is there
> a
> bug filed)?
Perhaps you are right, given the time and the skills and the hardware
and the person skilled and motivated e
Dear Dimitry,
Dmitry Smirnov schrieb am 10.11.2011 12:50:
> Sorry, I don't understand...
>
> This is merely an alternative driver from hardware vendor.
> Sometimes you might need alternatives if your hardware doesn't work well,
> or if you just suspect it do not work well but you need something
Sorry, I don't understand...
This is merely an alternative driver from hardware vendor.
Sometimes you might need alternatives if your hardware doesn't work well,
or if you just suspect it do not work well but you need something to
compare with.
"Fixing stuff" is always good if you can do it.
D
Hi.
Dmitry Smirnov (10/11/2011):
> r8168 is the Linux device driver released for RealTek RTL8168B/8111B,
> RTL8168C/8111C, RTL8168CP/8111CP, RTL8168D/8111D, RTL8168DP/8111DP, and
> RTL8168E/8111E Gigabit Ethernet controllers with PCI-Express interface.
> .
> This is to substitute built-in r8
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