From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [rft] r8169: merge release 6.001.00 of Realtek's driver - take #1 Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:35:12 -0500 Message-ID: <45B9BD40.4000708@garzik.org> References: <20070124231719.GA10010@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Francois Romieu Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:43655 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030796AbXAZIfO (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:35:14 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20070124231719.GA10010@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Francois Romieu wrote: > Untested, straight from the "release early" dept. You have been warned. > > Realtek's driver restricts itself to 0x8169 and 0x8167. > It won't be surprising if it breaks on anything else until > I merge the new 0x8168 and 0x8136 bits. > > Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu FWIW I would like to see if we can train RealTek to directly submit kernel patches, and try to mentor them into helping you maintain the RealTek stuff. Jeff