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Message-ID: <9539bd4d-ee52-5148-73fd-3753dd5a616d@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 22:20:21 +1100 From: Albert Zhou <albert.zhou.50@...il.com> To: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>, "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> Cc: "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, nic_swsd <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>, "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>, "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>, "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>, "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 0/5] Update r8152 to version two On 9/11/22 22:02, Hayes Wang wrote: > Albert Zhou<albert.zhou.50@...il.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:34 PM >> Subject: [PATCH net-next RFC 0/5] Update r8152 to version two >> >> This patch integrates the version-two r8152 drivers from Realtek into >> the kernel. I am new to kernel development, so apologies if I make >> newbie mistakes. > The Realtek's in-house driver doesn't satisfy the rules or requests of > Linux kernel, so I don't think you could use it to replace the Linux > kernel r8152 driver. > > The version is used to distinguish between the Realtek's in-house driver > and Linux kernel r8152 driver. It doesn't mean you have to use version 2, > even the version 2 may contain more experiment features. > > Best Regards, > Hayes > Thanks for clarifying this, and thanks Greg for your advice in the previous message. I will follow Greg's advice and try and identify that bits of code that fixes my issue of having throttled data-transfer speed via ethernet. If you have some kind of in-house changelog that you could make available to me, I would be grateful. Best, Albert Download attachment "OpenPGP_0x218FE344C5A6867D.asc" of type "application/pgp-keys" (641 bytes) Download attachment "OpenPGP_signature" of type "application/pgp-signature" (237 bytes)
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