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diff --git a/network/r8168/README b/network/r8168/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b3c7e01525 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/r8168/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +This is the Linux device driver released for RealTek RTL8168B/8111B, RTL8168C/8111C, +RTL8168CP/8111CP, RTL8168D/8111D, RTL8168DP/8111DP, and RTL8168E/8111E Gigabit +Ethernet controllers with PCI-Express interface. + +To build the module for a kernel that isn't currently running on the system pass +that kernel's "uname -r" ouput such as: KERNEL=4.4.0" ./r8168.SlackBuild + +To use this module blacklist the r8169 driver in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: + +blacklist r8169 + +This will need to be rebuilt for every new kernel installed. |