Hi,
We are using a new SBC with 2 REALTEK 8169 chips on it.
We tried the latest kernel drivers, but ran into problems.
In average 1 out of 5 times that the system boots, the network won't
come alive.
We think it is an initialisation problem.
We looked further on the net, and stumbled upon the Linux driver (
source code! ) on the REALTEK site.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
We tried it, and it solves the problem.
We also noted that an earlier version of this driver was merged into the
linux kernel. ( 8.001 or so )
Now the legal issue.
in the REALTEK documentation (release_note.txt )is says :
driver version: 8.008.00
Modify the GPHY parameters for RTL8111C
release date: 2008/07/14
<snip>
7. This product is covered by one or more of the following patents:
US5,307,459, US5,434,872, US5,732,094, US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and
US6,327,625.
But the code is GPL... as stated in the source.
Can we use this code in a commercial product without problems ?
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Ing. Johan Visser
Stork Plastics Machinery B.V.
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