[CentOS-docs] r8169 Update

Wed Oct 10 15:35:10 UTC 2007
Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com>


Kirk Bocek wrote:
> Does anyone know of an easy way to search the old kernels so I can figure out
> when the 6.x-NAPI driver was added?

To answer my own question, kernelnewbies.org maintains a history of kernel
changes. Googling "r8169 site:kernelnewbies.org" gave me my answer.

The 6.x-NAPI driver has *not* been integrated in the main kernel. Checking a
recently installed 2.6.22.9 kernel, I still see 2.2LK-NAPI.

Kirk Bocek