Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:32:48 +0100 | Subject | Re: RTL8139D support for 2.4? | From | Ducrot Bruno <> |
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On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 01:30:18PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > 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. > > [...] > > >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. >
Do we have to assume that Eyal Lebedinsky should use 8139cp driver instead of 8139too ?
Cheers,
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