[CentOS] Problem with RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet

Sat Dec 29 16:41:50 UTC 2007
Simen Timian Thoresen <simentt at dolphinics.no>

ArcosCom Linux User wrote:
> Hi guys;
>    I'm having a problem with a new pc that has an Realtec ethernet device.
> Don't know why the driver is not loading and is not detected during
> installation process.
> 
> I tried to load r8169.ko unsuccessfully. It load but no device is
> detected. No dmesg or /var/log/message.
> 
> ¿Any help on how I can configure correctly this ethernet device?

Hi ArcosCom,

We have a few boxes with this chip (running CentOS4,i386), and I'm sorry 
to say that this NIC is not supported out of the box by the included 
drivers.

We've got it running by using the 'r1000' driver, which seems to be 
Realteks own driver. I'll be happy to make the archive we have (v1.05) 
available to you if you don't find a more recent version on your own.

Yours,
-S

> This are the data that I have:
> 
> # lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller
> Hub (rev 02)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated
> Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
> Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #3 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI
> Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC
> Interface Bridge (rev 01)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA
> IDE Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
> (rev 01)
> 01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> 
> More detailed:
> 01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
>         Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device e000
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
>         I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
>         Memory at e1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>         [virtual] Expansion ROM at 20000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> 
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