[elrepo] r8101/r8168/r8169 suggestion

[Nick Howitt]

Hi,

Can I suggest a change to the packaging of the above three drivers? I'd 
like to suggest the three drivers are all made dependants of each other 
and that the file \usr\lib\modprobe.d\blacklist-r8169.conf is removed 
from the r8101 and r8168 drivers? My reasoning is as follows:

The stock driver covers the following PCI ID's:
pci:v00000001d00008168sv*sd00002410bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001737d00001032sv*sd00000024bc*sc*i*
pci:v000016ECd00000116sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001259d0000C107sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001186d00004302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001186d00004300sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001186d00004300sv00001186sd00004B10bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008169sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008168sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008167sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008136sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008129sv*sd*bc*sc*i*


The kmod-r8101 covers:
pci:v000010ECd00008136sv*sd*bc*sc*i*


The kmod-r8168 covers:
pci:v00001186d00004300sv00001186sd00004B10bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008161sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008168sv*sd*bc*sc*i*


And the kmod-r8169 covers:
pci:v00001186d00004302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001186d00004300sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001186d00004300sv00001186sd00004C00bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001186d00004302sv00001186sd00004302bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001186d00004300sv00001186sd00004300bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008169sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008167sv*sd*bc*sc*i*


This leaves the following unknown in the ElRepo database:
pci:v000016ECd00000116sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v00001259d0000C107sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
pci:v000010ECd00008129sv*sd*bc*sc*i*


And the following known and not supplied (sk98lin) by ElRepo:
pci:v00001737d00001032sv*sd00000024bc*sc*i*


The current situation is that if you install either the kmod-r8101 or 
kmod-r8168 then you can no longer use any NIC covered by the original 
r8169 or the kmod-r8168 drivers, because the r8169 is blacklisted. If 
the blacklist were removed and the dependencies added as I suggest (or 
the drivers were packaged as one) then the 
kmod-r8101/kmod-r8168/kmod-r8169 combo becomes a proper drop-in 
replacement for the stock r8169 and it becomes possible, for example, to 
run r8168 and r8169 cards at the same time with the ElRepo drivers. (I 
know as I do it, but had to resort to modprobing the r8169 until I 
discovered it was blacklisted).

Regards,

Nick