Realtek RTL8101E driver

Matt Graham danceswithcrows at usa.net
Tue Mar 11 17:51:29 MST 2008


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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