Re: Abit F-190HD Onboard rlt8169 Ethernet Controller

[Josh Logan <joshtlogan@gmail.com>]

Alan Cox wrote:
> > It is not recognised by 2.6.24-rc1. I'm guessing it's because the
> > vendor ID is 0001 rather than something sensible. I patched the kernel
> > as follows:
>
> A vendor ID of 1 is very very very broken. Do all boards have this or do
> you have a faulty box (perhaps a misprogrammed EEPROM somewhere)
>
> > --- drivers/net/r8169.c.orig	2007-10-29 05:37:02.000000000 +0000
> > +++ drivers/net/r8169.c	2007-10-29 05:54:30.000000000 +0000
> > @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
> >  	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_REALTEK,	0x8136), 0, 0, RTL_CFG_2 },
> >  	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_REALTEK,	0x8167), 0, 0, RTL_CFG_0 },
> >  	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_REALTEK,	0x8168), 0, 0, RTL_CFG_1 },
> > +	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_ANY_ID,		0x8168), 0, 0, RTL_CFG_2 },
>
> That will match any device 0x8168 not just a realtek one. I'd use 0x0001,
> 0x8168 for the match. However I'd seriously consider checking another
> board as I suspect you simply have a return candidate.

I have had this board for a few months as well and I have needed to 
patch the driver to use 0x0001 as well.

							Later, JOSH
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