Hi list! I'm thinking about building a new media PC and wanted to use an ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 mainboard (link: [1]). Any objections to this?
I'm a bit worried about the LAN chipset Realtek 8111E (which seems to be also known as RTL-8168E). This chipset seems to be extremely common on AM3 boards but I've found mixed results when looking for its Linux compatibility. There seems to be a driver but it is not included into the vanilla sources. There are also bug reports like [2]. On the other hand, there have been commits which indicate support for some sub types (but not the "E" type) through the r8169 driver as far back as 2.6.28 ([3-6]). Long story short: Can anyone confirm that it works or doesn't work with standard gentoo-sources or some other sources? Does someone have experiences with the Realtek drivers from their website? Somehow I find it hard to believe that nowadays Linux lacks support for like 80% of all Micro-ATX AMD boards. Thanks in advance! Florian Philipp [1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131660 [2] https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592141 [3] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=197ff761dbf9fa5de9a4684a51ee5cb534cbb852 [4] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ef3386f00fcd18a40343047329ec7ed2eb98bbe8 [5] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5b538df9dedb3469b688b93ffab2a7efb64c88e3 [6] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7f3e3d3a69da262016db6eec803881603c61ddf6
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