Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Nov 2002 13:30:18 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: RTL8139D support for 2.4? |
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Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> I recently got a local (Australian, NetComm) NIC that uses a 8139D. > The standard 8139too seems to work with it but I wonder if I can > get something more out of a driver that has extra support.
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> Anyone knows the difference between the 8139C and 8139D?
At the driver level, there should not be appreciable differences between the two chips. 8139C+ is the super-cool tulip-like chip from RealTek with all the speed and features. 8139D is just a small incremental revision of the chip. It does add a few features, but none that would affect performance or stability (positively or negatively).
RealTek's 8139C+, and it's GigE cousin 8169 are really nice. I hope RealTek finds a lot of customers for these chips, because so far they are both solid, fast, and feature-full.
Regards,
Jeff
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