Realtek r1000 driver adds support for RTL8111(B) and RTL8168(B) cards. It can be downloaded from: ftp://202.65.194.18/cn/nic/rtl8111brtl8168b/r1000-8111b(102).zip It compiles and runs fine on my machine, I'm using gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r1 on a x86 arch. Thanks a lot for adding an ebuild for this driver :)
These looks like gigabit network cards to me, no reason to CC: mobile for those.
I second the request for a maintainer... got it running on my machine as well just now (gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r12) If I'll find the time, I may deal with it myself... but my free time is spare :(
can anyone confirm that these do not work with kernel 2.6.17?
refer to this thread for the build error on kernel 2.6.17: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3438854.html#3438854
Created attachment 91661 [details] ebuild for r1000 kernel module This is a first ebuild for the r1000 driver from realtek My ebuild is far from perfect though. A few issues that you may help to resolve: -I couldn't figure out how to correctly escape the parentheses in the url, so I copied the file to my server, for the time being (bad idea though, I know) -I had some trouble with where the source was unpacked and where the compiled modules finally where, if you know a better way, please feel free to improve my ebuild
Created attachment 91686 [details] r1000-103.ebuild (fixed kernel version dependency) I had a wrong kernel version dependency, so now it's fixed
Created attachment 92012 [details] realtek r1000 driver added a dependency (app-arch/unzip) concerning the kernel 2.6.17 incompatibility, this: http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg13809.html should answer that question.
Not that anyone has stepped up to maintain it, but I object to this being added to the tree. The in-kernel r8169 driver will support this hardware very soon, we just need some people to test it. http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.18-rc2/r8169/0005-r8169-sync-with-vendor-s-driver.txt
Created attachment 95235 [details] ebuild for r1000-1.04 -new version 1.04. -module_param_array is used instead of MODULE_PARM(obsolete for 2.6 kernels) -added ~amd64 to the KEYWORDS
hi, i just rewrote the ebuild so it works with the new version 1.04. i also added a fix that module_param_array is used in the sources instead of MODULE_PARM. this is deprecated for 2.6 kernels... my 2.6.17 kernel didn't compile without this fix. now it works with 2.6.17. also added ~amd64 to the KEYWORDS.
Oh great! Btw, the r8169 driver that's included in the kernel also does the job if patched with Francois Romieu's changeset. (Just as Daniel pointed out in comment #8) (see http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3454719.html#3454719)
There is another ebuild here: http://www.zugaina.org/gentoo/portage/net-misc/r1000/r1000-1.04.ebuild 8169 is supported in kernel 2.6.18, but this driver supports other chips too, such as 8168B.
gentoo-sources-2.6.18-r1 will include support for 8168 and other new chips
*** Bug 150637 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
2.6.18-r1 is now in portage
(In reply to comment #13) > gentoo-sources-2.6.18-r1 will include support for 8168 and other new chips it only supports 8169.
No, it supports 8169 plus the new hardware (8168, 8167, 8136) $ grep 8168 drivers/net/r8169.c { PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_REALTEK, 0x8168), 0, 0, RTL_CFG_2 },
I confirm that it works. Maybe the description can be changed to note the extended support?
I'm going to close this as an equivalent driver is now shipped in gentoo-sources-2.6.18 (now stable) and the mainline kernel as of 2.6.19. If there are bugs in that driver I'll happily tend to them.
The inbuilt kernel driver does not work with the 8101E chip in my Toshiba Satellite M110 laptop, kernel 2.6.19. Realtek has released version 1.05 of the r1000 driver, it would be nice if this ebuild remained under development for those users of the more obscure hardware supported by this driver that is not yet in the kernel.
(In reply to comment #20) > The inbuilt kernel driver does not work with the 8101E chip in my Toshiba > Satellite M110 laptop, kernel 2.6.19. Realtek has released version 1.05 of the > r1000 driver, it would be nice if this ebuild remained under development for > those users of the more obscure hardware supported by this driver that is not > yet in the kernel. > Do you want that I reopen this bug?
(In reply to comment #21) I am using the 1.05 version of the r1000 driver with a 2.6.19 kernel, and it creates a soft-lock in the kernel when modprobing the module, however it only causes a ~1 second pause and everything functions correctly once loaded. I am unsure whether it would be better to continue with the r1000 ebuild or to file a new bug instead asking for 8101E support in the inbuilt kernel. What is your recommendation?
Created attachment 116656 [details, diff] r1000-fastcall.patch patch to make 1.05 build on a 2.6.18-hardened-r6 kernel. I removed the sed stuff (MODULE_PARM fix) in ebuild. I think this bug could be reopened. Its nice to have r1000 as an alternative since there people have experienced problems with r8169. Some chipsets are not detected others have problems with bonding. If r1000 driver were available it would be possible to use the driver that works best for you. Thanks.
(In reply to comment #23) > Created an attachment (id=116656) [edit] > r1000-fastcall.patch > > patch to make 1.05 build on a 2.6.18-hardened-r6 kernel. I removed the sed > stuff (MODULE_PARM fix) in ebuild. > > I think this bug could be reopened. Its nice to have r1000 as an alternative > since there people have experienced problems with r8169. Some chipsets are not > detected others have problems with bonding. If r1000 driver were available it > would be possible to use the driver that works best for you. > > Thanks. > Could you please provide a link relating some of these problems? r1000 drivers works in kernel 2.6.20?
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6032(In reply to comment #24) > (In reply to comment #23) > > Created an attachment (id=116656) [edit] > > r1000-fastcall.patch > > > > patch to make 1.05 build on a 2.6.18-hardened-r6 kernel. I removed the sed > > stuff (MODULE_PARM fix) in ebuild. > > > > I think this bug could be reopened. Its nice to have r1000 as an alternative > > since there people have experienced problems with r8169. Some chipsets are not > > detected others have problems with bonding. If r1000 driver were available it > > would be possible to use the driver that works best for you. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Could you please provide a link relating some of these problems? Here is a quote from the email traffic with the user that reported those problems: >> problem on ubuntu-6.10 too (IIRC its a 2.6.17.x kernel): >> http://www.howtoforge.com/network_bonding_ubuntu_6.10#comment-3401 >> >> Suse have problems with ifdown on r8169 (afaik 2.6.18.2 kernel): >> http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2007-03/msg00503.html >> >> The changelog for 2.6.20-rc3 does mention r8169 changes. >> http://kerneltrap.org/node/7529 >> So there is hope that it might have get fixed. > > Looks like a driver bug: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6032 > > If mac address can't be changed on the fly, bonding won't work ;-( > > There are patches available for various kernels, haven't yet made it > into mainline due to regressions apparently. > r1000 drivers works in kernel 2.6.20? I don't know, sorry. (I just got no rtl gigabit nics. I will try get some time next week to do some testing)
This is solved for me with current kernel (well, since ayes) and kernel drivers Also ftp://202.65.194.18/cn/nic/rtl8111brtl8168b/r1000-8111b(102).zip seems died
