Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 0/5] Update r8152 to version two

[Albert Zhou <albert.zhou.50@gmail.com>]

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On 9/11/22 22:02, Hayes Wang wrote:
> Albert Zhou<albert.zhou.50@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:34 PM
>> Subject: [PATCH net-next RFC 0/5] Update r8152 to version two
>>
>> This patch integrates the version-two r8152 drivers from Realtek into
>> the kernel. I am new to kernel development, so apologies if I make
>> newbie mistakes.
> The Realtek's in-house driver doesn't satisfy the rules or requests of
> Linux kernel, so I don't think you could use it to replace the Linux
> kernel r8152 driver.
> 
> The version is used to distinguish between the Realtek's in-house driver
> and Linux kernel r8152 driver. It doesn't mean you have to use version 2,
> even the version 2 may contain more experiment features.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Hayes
> 

Thanks for clarifying this, and thanks Greg for your advice in the
previous message. I will follow Greg's advice and try and identify that
bits of code that fixes my issue of having throttled data-transfer speed
via ethernet.

If you have some kind of in-house changelog that you could make
available to me, I would be grateful.

Best,

Albert

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