Antoine schreef: >>My one piece of advice is to avoid RealTek chipsets (usually RTL-8139). >>These are the winmodems of the network world. Most of their processing >>is done by software, not in hardware. > > > Been solid as a rock for me for ages now (is that 8139too?)... I > occasionally shift dvd images around but nothing more serious than that > though... > Cheers > Antoine
Same here; my cheap-as-chips and old-as-methuselah 8139 works fine as well-- in fact, it's the one thing I can count on working right if I go distro-hopping, no matter where I wind up. However, you make a good point, Antoine... the driver that has always worked perfectly for me is 8139too (I have a 8139 A-series). The newer driver for the 8139 C+ (8139CP) gave me nothing but trouble, despite the fact it's supposed to be backwards-compatible. Didn't seem so to me. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
