ACK: [Oneiric][SRU][PATCH 0/2] Provide r8169 from v3.1 in LBM

[Tim Gardner]

On 11/04/2011 10:23 AM, leann.ogasawara at canonical.com wrote:
> From: Leann Ogasawara<leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>
>
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/839393
>
> == SRU Justification ==
>
> Some users are experiencing network connectivity issues with the r8169
> driver shipped in v3.0.  Provide the r8169 driver from v3.1 for those
> who want it via linux-backports-modules.  Since the
> linux-backports-modules package is an elective install, this should have
> no risk of regression.
>
> == Impact ==
> Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
>
> == Fix ==
> Upstream r8169 driver from v3.1
>
> Leann Ogasawara (1):
>    UBUNTU: provide v3.1 r8169 driver
>
>   debian/control.d/flavour-control.stub |   29 +-
>   debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk       |    2 +-
>   updates/BOM                           |    3 +
>   updates/Makefile                      |    1 +
>   updates/net/r8169.c                   | 5870 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   5 files changed, 5889 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 updates/net/r8169.c
>

You should make a note to periodically check upstream (3.1) for updates 
to this driver.

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com