From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265055AbUHCGZN (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Aug 2004 02:25:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265082AbUHCGZM (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Aug 2004 02:25:12 -0400 Received: from smtp016.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.174.113]:3504 "HELO smtp016.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265055AbUHCGZK (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Aug 2004 02:25:10 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 14:25:17 +0800 From: dlion X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.00) Reply-To: dlion X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1677288031.20040803142517@yahoo.com.cn> To: lkml Subject: Realtek 8169 NIC driver version MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello lkml, I have read some driver codes in the Linux kernel. I noticed that the RTL-8169 driver(r8169.c) is an older version (v1.2). There is a newer drivers on Realtek's website. It's version number is v1.6 , and it is really much better than v1.2. Why not merge it into official kernel realease? -- Best regards, dlion mailto:dlion2005@yahoo.com.cn