r8169.c -- RTL8169s/8110s Linux driver version 1.6 <2003-08-25>
1. This driver supports RealTek RTL8169s/8110s Gigabit Ethernet driver for Linux kernel 2.4.x.
2. Installation steps:
(1)Compiling r8169.c using 'Makefile'.
"make"
<NOTE>Please remember to ASSIGN "NEW_INCLUDE_PATH" in Makefile according to linux kernel.
(2)Move r8169.o to the directory "/lib/modules/<kernel>/kernel/drivers/net".
"cp r8169.o /lib/modules/<kernel>/kernel/drivers/net"
where <kernel> represents the kernel version, say 2.4.18-3 in Red Hat 7.3
(3)Insert module by
"insmod r8169.o"
(4)Check driver status
"dmesg"
3. The media can be forced to one of the 5 modes as follows.
Cmd: "insmod r8169 media = SET_MEDIA"
For example:
"insmod r8169 media = 0x04" will force PHY to operate in 100Mpbs Half-duplex.
SET_MEDIA can be:
_10_Half = 0x01
_10_Full = 0x02
_100_Half = 0x04
_100_Full = 0x08
_1000_Full = 0x10
Force media type for multiple cards could be performed as:
"insmod r8169 media=0x04,0x10"
which force PHY to operate at 100Mbps half-duplex and 1000Mbps full-duplex.
<note> If on Red Hat 7.2, please add two lines to include header files and
mark one line for timer structure as follows:
#include <linux/timer.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
..................
// typedef struct timer_list timer_t
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