Need a clue with kernel modules

[Sabniveesu Shashank]

Hi,

I found from nm-tool output that my system is using Driver:  r8169.

lspci showed this text:  "*RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet
controller*"

I searched over the Internet "r8169" and found that the above text
occurring in http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/R8169.html. but saying
"device: 8136"

Q) How can an "8169" work well for "8136"? If it does and if I'm to compile
for any other chipset, how would I know if the exact device/driver no.
isn't going to appear?

Q) Also, there are many "device: <other numbers>" in the quote below. Does
it mean that all these devices work well with the driver I'm using?

> Help text
>
> Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
>
> To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
> called r8169. This is recommended.
> Hardware PCI
>
> Numeric ID (from LKDDb) and names (from pci.ids) of recognized devices:
>
>    - vendor: 0001, device: 8168
>    - vendor: 10ec ("*Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.*"), device: 8129 ("
>    *RTL-8129*")
>    - vendor: 10ec ("*Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.*"), device: 8136 ("*RTL8101E/RTL8102E
>    PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller*")
>    - vendor: 10ec ("*Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.*"), device: 8167 ("*RTL-8110SC/8169SC
>    Gigabit Ethernet*")
>    - vendor: 10ec ("*Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.*"), device: 8168 ("*RTL8111/8168/8411
>    PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller*")
>    - vendor: 10ec ("*Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.*"), device: 8169 ("*RTL8169
>    PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller*")
>    - vendor: 1186 ("*D-Link System Inc*"), device: 4300 ("*DGE-528T
>    Gigabit Ethernet Adapter*")
>    - vendor: 1259 ("*Allied Telesis*"), device: c107
>    - vendor: 16ec ("*U.S. Robotics*"), device: 0116 ("*USR997902
>    10/100/1000 Mbps PCI Network Card*")
>    - vendor: 1737 ("*Linksys*"), device: 1032 ("*Gigabit Network Adapter*
>    ")
>
> Please ask for more details if necessary.

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