On 17-11-29 10:23:31, Cameron Seader wrote: > On 11/29/2017 09:55 AM, Petko Manolov wrote: > > On 17-11-29 09:35:04, Cameron Seader wrote: > > > On 11/29/2017 03:37 AM, Petko Manolov wrote: > > > > On 17-11-29 06:11:22, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 07:51:06PM -0700, Cameron Seader wrote: > > > > > > Greetings, The upstream kernel seems to be outdated with version > > > > > > 1.09.9 of the drivers/net/usb/r8152.c driver. There is newer > > > > > > hardware now which requires the newer version where running with the > > > > > > old one becomes unstable. For example the latest Dell Precision 5520 > > > > > > uses this driver. I have currently tested the newest driver I can > > > > > > find which is dated 8/30/2017 at version 2.09.0. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=56&PFid=56&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#RTL8153 > > > > > > > > > > > > Attached is the driver. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have compiled this newer driver on Kernel 4.14.1 on openSUSE > > > > > > Tumbleweed and have been successful with no issues. It certainly is > > > > > > a lot more stable than the previous which caused issues coming out > > > > > > of sleep mode where it would drop the speed of the NIC to 100 and > > > > > > set it to half duplex. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm asking that we please look at updating this driver in the latest > > > > > > kernel. > > > > > > > > > > Care to submit patches to update the existing in-kernel driver to > > > > > provide the support that this out-of-tree driver has? That's the only > > > > > way this is going to happen :) > > > > > > > > Magic firmware blobs in the source. I love it... :) > > > > > > > > > > Petko, Does this mean your looking into this update? > > > > Petko, Are you submitting patches to update the existing in-kernel driver to > this new one 2.09? Nope, it ain't me. I have not authored the driver neither i have access to this device. I thought that you're doing the upstreaming. Petko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
