It would be nice if any developer could comment on this problem. Maybe someone could pass this problem on to the kernel developers. I don't know how a driver (r8196) like this could make it in to kernel if it doesn't work right.
modinfo filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-12-generic/kernel/drivers/net/r8169.ko version: 2.2LK license: GPL description: RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver author: Realtek and the Linux r8169 crew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> srcversion: E76EC316B2C797C735E45F0 alias: pci:v00001737d00001032sv*sd00000024bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000016ECd00000116sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001259d0000C107sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001186d00004300sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008169sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008168sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008167sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008136sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010ECd00008129sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: vermagic: 2.6.22-12-generic SMP mod_unload 586 parm: media:force phy operation. Deprecated by ethtool (8). (array of int) parm: rx_copybreak:Copy breakpoint for copy-only-tiny-frames (int) parm: use_dac:Enable PCI DAC. Unsafe on 32 bit PCI slot. (int) parm: debug:Debug verbosity level (0=none, ..., 16=all) (int) As you can see in the modinfo realtek is one of the authors, so I could not understand, why this driver is so bad and the driver from the realtek homepage works so good. best wishes Achim -- RTL8111 PCI Express Gigabit driver r8169 big files produce slow file transfer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs