Realtek RTL8111B fc6 problems

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 10:26 +0100, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
> > - downloaded kernel-2.6.18-1.2747.fc6.src.rpm
> > - install the src.rpm
> > - changed spec file putting 1 only in
> > %define buildsmp 1
> > and
> > %define includexen 1
> > - done an rpmbuild -bp
> > - applied the further patch you outlined r8169.c
> > - gone into /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i386/
> > - make
> > - make modules_install
> > - copy under /boot of the vmlinuz file generated
> > - mkinitrd for the new kernel
> > - reboot
> 
> +1 for posting solutions.... thanks.


btw the entire "copy and make an initrd" step can be shortened to

make install


that copies all needed files, makes an initrd and also adds the new
kernel to grub (or lilo if that's your preferred poison)