Re: Realtek RTL8101E driver

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Author: Matt Graham
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8101E driver
After a long battle with technology, Jim wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a linux driver for this [RTL 8101e] onboard lan
> chip?


mallory:/usr/src/linux/drivers/net$ grep -r 8101 *
8139too.c:      CH_8101,
8139too.c:      { "RTL-8101",
bnx2.h:#define CHIP_ID_5708_B1                  0x57081010
r8169.c:        _R("RTL8101e",          RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_13, 0xff7e1880), // 
PCI-E 8139
r8169.c:        /* The 8100e/8101e do Fast Ethernet only. */


...looks like it, it's almost certainly called r8169. NOTE: The technique
pictured above, when adapted to the precise type of hardware you're looking
at, can often tell you whether a piece of hardware is supported or not.

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