[7.180] Realtek 8169 driver not updated - GBLAN not working

[Flancer]

Sure it is understandable.

However, please note that ASG has been advertised to be better than ASIC based solutions in terms of the ease of delivering updates.

[bitonw]

Originally Posted by Gert Hansen

Hi there all,

this is, unfortunately, not as easy as it looks.

We would love to use a newer kernel version, but in terms of stability for our existing customer base, we can only offer this with a new major version.

The problem is, that the driver support can change in both ways, means newer cards get supported, but also other cards not anymore or in a different way.
This way we must do all the compatibility testing again and we can not just upgrade as there might be customers out there where their currently running system would not work anymore.

Once we work on ASG V8, than we will use a newer kernel with improved hardware support.
Until than we do some backports from time to time, if they are feasible.

I hope that is understandable
best regards

Gert

i can understand some of the astaro statements here...

if i have to build a high end professional firewall with 1gbps interfaces then i will not choose those cheap realtek nics (what puts lots to strain on the cpu etc) but will use some quality intel nics. and they are fully supported.

of course it's annoying for people who like to use those realtek 1gbps nics (me too) but it's likely home users rather then blue chip companies customers. just lets hope that in the future these nics will be supported but i understand why astaro doesn't have a hurry with it.

just my 1penny.

[BarryG]

I've opened a ticket with Astaro, asking for the Realtek driver to be updated.

Hi, when will the Realtek r8169 NIC driver be updated?

They work fine in Fedora 8 and 9.

MANY people have been asking for this on the forums, for a long time...

http://astaro.org/showthread.php?t=1...ighlight=r8169

http://astaro.org/showthread.php?t=2...ighlight=r8169

http://astaro.org/showthread.php?t=2...ighlight=r8169

http://astaro.org/showthread.php?t=8988&highlight=r8169

http://astaro.org/showthread.php?t=2...ighlight=r8169

http://astaro.org/showthread.php?t=1...ighlight=r8169


It may be simply a case of updating the PCI IDs.

It is really shameful that such a popular device will not work, when it's in the kernel tree and users have been asking for it for almost a year.

These NICs are the only gigE option on MANY of the low-power systems, so suggesting another brand means getting a larger, power-hungry system.

Thank you,
Barry Gould
...

The ticket number is 00071010.

It might be helpful if more people also open similar tickets.

Barry

[BarryG]

Astaro support is forwarding my ticket to a hardware/driver developer.



Barry

[pbrdodk101]

Originally Posted by BarryG

Astaro support is forwarding my ticket to a hardware/driver developer.



Barry

Barry, you are the man! thanks!