8111C NIC revision on EP45-*

[mv2devnull]

Hi,

I looked at Linux (CentOS 5.2) Changelog and noticed native support for the Realtek 8111C NIC. However, the native driver does work only with rev 01 chip, and for rev 02 one has to compile driver separately from Realtek, which is always a hassle. Thus, the obvious question is, which revision of 8111C is used by Gigabyte on the EP45-boards, particularly in GA-EP45-DS5?

[lmfs]

Originally Posted by mv2devnull

Hi,

I looked at Linux (CentOS 5.2) Changelog and noticed native support for the Realtek 8111C NIC. However, the native driver does work only with rev 01 chip, and for rev 02 one has to compile driver separately from Realtek, which is always a hassle. Thus, the obvious question is, which revision of 8111C is used by Gigabyte on the EP45-boards, particularly in GA-EP45-DS5?

The revision used on on the EP45-DQ6 (v1.0) is 2 according to the PCI vendor/device/rev id:

PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_E0001458&REV_02

or:

Device Description      Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Bus Type                PCI Express 1.0 x1
Bus / Device / Function 5 / 0 / 0
Device ID               10EC-8168
Subsystem ID            1458-E000
Device Class            0200 (Ethernet Controller)
Revision                02

[GIGABYTE - Janus Yeh]

Realtek

[mv2devnull]

Thanks, I sort of expected it to be so.