[CentOS-docs] RTL8111 Wiki Pages

[Akemi Yagi]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
> It appears that CentOS 5.2's support for the RTL8111B/C chip is incomplete.
> The wiki has some blanket statements regarding this support:
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/CentOS5/RealTek/r1000
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8111b
>
> I could dive in an make the changes *I* think need to happen but I'd like to
> talk to people first.
>
> The gritty details:
>
> Last night I attempted to install 5.2 x86_64 on a new Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L.
> This motherboard has an RTL8111C NIC on-board. After PXE booting into the
> 5.2 installer, the installer hung while waiting for DHCP information.
> Checking the various consoles, it's clear that the installer identified the
> NIC and loaded the r8169 driver. But the driver obviously failed.
>
> After copying in Realtek's r8168-8.006.00 and manually installing it on the
> existing 5.1 installation, the NIC works fine.
>
> So the wiki pages need to be updated. Any ideas how to proceed?

I'm sure Manuel (wolfy) will chime in soon.  Probably best if you
discuss the matter with him because he also has been working on these
drivers.

Akemi