Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:56:12 +0800 | From | 許恆嘉 <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.19.2] r8169: support RTL8169SC/8110SC |
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Francois Romieu 提到:
>edward_hsu@realtek.com.tw : >[...] > > >>ANS_2: >>So, do you think that it is a good idea to keep other vendos's PID and >>DID in the part? >> >> > >Yes. > >
ANS_3:
OK! I will do it.
>[...] > > >>ANS_2: >> >>Sure! You are right. RTL8110SC, RTL8111B and RTL8101E have modest >>differences, now. However, RTL8101E is a PCI-E fast ethernet controller. >>I don't think is a good idea to merge its Linux driver into r8168.c or >>r8169.c. RTL8110SC is the final version of Realtek PCI gigabit ethernet >>controller. Moreover, due to the increasing popularity of PCI-E, Realtek >>is going to design several generations of PCI-E ethernet controllers to >>satisfy customer requests. I have discussed this issue with my hardware >>colleagues. They believe that both MAC register layout and tx/rx >>descriptor layout will be changed a lot in new PCI-E ICs. Actually, they >>already did. Therefore, the hardwares of RTL8111B(PCI-E gigabit >>ethernet) and RTL8101E(PCI-E fast ethernet) will have frequent and >>drastic changes. So, I think that it's a good moment to separate their >>Linux drivers, and r8169.c can become stable. >> >> > >Well, code and facts will tell. :o) > >Since you asked for questions: > >- will the ~7k limit for the jumbo frames be fixed ? One can hardly call > it a feature. > > ANS_3:
Realtek does implement 7k limit for jumbo frames. I think there is no standard to require how large a jumbo frame should be implemented.
>- out of curiosity, did you try the current in-kernel r8169 driver with > a 8111B or a 8101E ? > > ANS_3: Yes I did! I tried Linux kernel 2.6.19. It seems that r8169.c supports RTL8111B and RTL8101E.
>- is there any plan to open the programming manuals of the PCI-E chipsets ? > > ANS_3: Realtek does not have the plan to open the programming manuals of the PCI-E chipsets. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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