Subject: Re: [vserver] Re: Failing to start vserver -- since patch-2.6.36-vs2.3.0.36.38
From: Gordan Bobic <gordan@bobich.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:00:27 +0000

On 05/11/2010 00:32, Michael wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Gordan Bobic <gordan@bobich.net
> <mailto:gordan@bobich.net>> wrote:
>
>     Sebastian Steinhuber wrote:
>
>             Was working fine with 2.6.35.7 do not remember if it is
>             working with
>             2.6.36 , ( since it has regression with r8169 card I rolled
>             back to
>             2.6.35.7 )
>
>
>         Since I use the r8169, too, I'm getting curious if there is a
>         performance issue -- and a bit off-topic.
>
>
>     Are you aware that Realtek make their own driver available, called
>     r8168? Look for the drivers on their web site. I've used it on a lot
>     of machines with no ill effects when the distro shipped drivers
>     don't work properly. I haven't noticed any performance differences
>     in cursory testing, but then again it isn't exactly a high
>     performance ethernet chip.
>
>     Gordan
>
>
> Offtopic
>
>
> there are 2 chipset for realtek one is r8168 and another r8169.
> one r8168 (RTL8111/8168B) will works fine with modules from realtek but
> not r8169 (
> RTL-8169 ) was not able to complie r8169 form realtek ( r8168 was
> comlied just fine )
>
> and kernel module for r8169 in 2.6.36 is broken. (and possible for 8168 too)
> tried on a few boxes run iperf and systems hard freezees.
>
> So after the whole week of tring to sort this problem I revert back to
> 2.6.35.7.
>
> On one system there was issue with 8168 ( so have to use 2 modules - one
> from realtek r8168 and another one from kernel r8169 )
> I hope it will be fixed in the next kernel update.
>
> PS. I use r8168 for main link and r8169 for drbd replication.

The driver in the linux kernel is called r8169, and works with both 
r8168 and r8169 chips.

The driver provided by Realtek is called r8168 and also works with both 
chipsets.

You shouldn't be using both drivers at the same time.

Gordan