Re: Acer Aspire 1524WLMi and RealTek 8169 - very slow

[Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Dawe <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
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> So I looked at the latest RealTek driver for Linux (version 220) and 
> that has some separate initialisation code for RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_X 
> (MCFG_METHOD_4, they call it). I ported that over to r8169.c in 
> 2.6.11-rc1 and it appears to work.

Nice. Have you checked that ethtool performs correctly when you try to
set the link parameters with the new code (+ plug/unplug cable) ?

> Attached is the patch against 2.6.11-rc1. I'm not sure if it caters to 
> your tastes. Maybe you'll want to rename RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_X. 

I'll change the braces placement, the tab/spaces mix and push it.

Please include something like the line below in your future patches:
Signed-off-by: Richard Dawe <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

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Ueimor