[etherlab-users] How to update the devices?

[Hugh Sparks]

I recently checked out the mercurial archive for the development branch and found the most recent r8169 device support at kernel 2.6.33. Recent popular linux distributions are now at kernel 2.6.40. I can no longer run the optimized device modules on my development system, which I like to keep up to date for security reasons and to experiment with realtime improvments in the stock kernel.  How difficult is it to update a device module for newer kernels? Has anyone done this? Is anyone at IgH involved in doing this kind of work?  I'm not in love with the r8169, so any other device would be ok if I can get an updated module.

Thanks to all,

-Hugh Sparks, hugh at csparks.com
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