[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #5180: RTL8101E/RTL8102E Wired Ethernet not working on Dell Inspiron Mini 10v

  • From: "jackburton" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:53:01 -0000

#5180: RTL8101E/RTL8102E Wired Ethernet not working on Dell Inspiron Mini 10v
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 Reporter:  Lynton             |       Owner:  jackburton 
     Type:  bug                |      Status:  in-progress
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  R1         
Component:  Drivers/Network    |     Version:  R1/alpha1  
 Keywords:  RTL8101E/RTL8102E  |   Blockedby:             
 Platform:  x86                |    Blocking:             
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Changes (by jackburton):

  * owner:  nobody => jackburton
  * status:  new => in-progress


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:19 tonestone57]:
 > yes, but I believe the 8139 code should be unblocked from this driver to
 allow support for 8139C+.
 >
 > This driver is meant to handle the 8139C+ which is not handled by
 rtl8139 (rl) driver. ).  The 8139C+ is closer to 8169 in hardware design.
 >
 > From what I see, this driver loads when it detects any 8139 but is
 supposed to unload itself if revision is less than that of 8139C+.

 Ok, makes sense.
 I think this device is also the one emulated in XenServer, and that
 explains why I wasn't getting network working in there.
 I'll try getting the patch in the trunk in the next days.

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