Realtek RTL8111B fc6 problems

[Boris B. Zhmurov]

Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
> hello,
> I have an asus p5b-vm mainboard with an onboard pci-express card as in 
> subject.
> I tried 1.02 and 1.04 drivers from realtek, compiling against fc
> kernels, but nothing changes.
> I' have used various kernels also after fc6-test3 but with all of them
> the network is very slow.
> I tried connecting to a dsl modem network port and also to another
> linux pc but nothing changes.
> Kernel module compiles (with community suggested changes) and network
> comes up but with awful performances.
> I think it could depend on duplex or other similar settings based on
> autonegotiation, but it seems that module documentation is not correct
> about passing arguments for loading....
> Anyone using these ethernet cards successfully?
> Is it in list to include the r1000 driver inside the official/fc kernels?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Bye,
> Gianluca
> 


What realtek card do you have exactly? If it's an 8168/8167 gigabit 
PCI-E adapter, you can try this patch: 
http://www.fr.zoreil.com/people/francois/misc/20060920-2.6.18-r8169-test.patch

It's already in official kernel tree (2.6.19-rc1)

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