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The RTL8139 Network Chip is used on many old and budget Ethernet Network Devices. It supports 10 and 100 MBit. |
The RTL8139 Network Chip is used on many old and budget Ethernet Network Devices. It supports 10 and 100 MBit. While the actual chip lacks the features of newer Gigabit devices, it is a commonly used chipset in virtualization due to its simplicity (fewer IO operations means faster traps to the Hypervisor). It also makes a for a simple driver (and so good first choice for new driver authors). |
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[[Image:rtl8139.JPG|right|frame|A PCI RTL8139]] |
[[Image:rtl8139.JPG|right|frame|A PCI RTL8139]] |
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