[mythtv-users] kernel 3.15.3/4 realtek issue

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:45:13 -0700
Alan Young <ayoung at teleport.com> wrote:

> jacek burghardt wrote:
> > my motherboard has on board 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek 
> > Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411
> > This works fine with 3.15.2  but archlinux upgraded to 3.15.3 i had 
> > compiled 3.15.4 none of them load r8169. modprobe r8169 does not do 
> > anything. rmmod r8169 states r8169 is not loaded. Does anyone knows 
> > what changed between .2 and .3/4 kerenels ? How i can fix it.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >   
> There is/has been a conflict with the 8169 driver and some 8168 
> devices.  In many cases, the kernel 8169 driver will load but not
> work with the device. That may now have been corrected so the module
> does not load for the device. If this is the case, you need the out
> of tree module at http://code.google.com/p/r8168/ or 
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

The 8168 driver in Gentoo portage does not build against 3.15.x, at
least it didn't when I tried it last time.

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Cheers, Saul