Comment 15 for bug 205374

Kevin,
I saw you message, but it does not good that Realtek released the driver.
Their previous driver worked fine with the current version of Ubuntu. The
problem is that if you patch the kernel with Realtek's new driver, your
patch will only work until the next Ubuntu update. At that point, it will
be wiped out and you will resort to the old driver and have to start all
over again.

The driver updates by Realtek need to be incorporated in the linux kernel
driver for the 8111 chip set. And I'm afraid that is beyond the Ubuntu
team's ability to control. Until it gets into the kernel, it the problem
will continue to return over and over again. That is why I am trying to
find out (I'm a newbie) exactly how, and to whom, to report this problem to
get if fixed in the linux kernel. If you know, or anyone who reads this
knows, please speak up and explain where to report this, and how to get it
the attention it needs from the linux driver software engineer(s).

Thanks,
Dean

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
Blade II
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 5:01 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 205374] Re: r8169 Driver not stable with Realtek 8111C

Dean, I'm not sure if you had chance to read my reply on the other post
you've mentioned. Anyway, after I read your comment, I found that
Realtek released the new version of
RTL8111B/RTL8168B/RTL8111/RTL8168/RTL8111C ethernet card driver for
Linux three days ago.

I think the new one maybe solves the problem as the one, released in
January this year, solved the same problem, which occurred in Ubuntu
7.10. However, I haven't tested so it is just a guess.

Please check this out.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid
=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#2

Regards,
Kevin

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r8169 Driver not stable with Realtek 8111C
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Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.24

The Realtec 8111C is integrated in the Giga-Byte G31M-S2L motherboard.
Ubuntu 8.04 beta will usually not find the Ethernet interface. When it
does, it stops working with any traffic. This bug has been reported in
earlier versions (Gutsy) and persists, even in the newer Linux kernel
(2.6.24). Workarounds are available by recompiling with the correct Realtek
Linux driver (from their website) however, these are wiped out with every
application of the Ubuntu Update Manager.