id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	field_blocks	field_dependson	field_seealso
519	Driver for the family of Realtek Gigabit Ethernet network cards	Jakub Jermář		"Implement a native HelenOS driver for one or more clones of the Realtek Gigabit Ethernet network interface card.

 Details::
  The new driver should be realized as a module which plugs itself into the HelenOS networking stack and implements the network interface card interface in the Realtek device specific way.

  There appears to be several clones and variants of Realtek Gigabit Ethernet, namely RTL8111/RTL8168/RTL8169. The driver should be implemented with this in mind to provide support for the widest range of Realtek gigabit ethernet clones.

 What Gains and Benefits will this bring?::
  HelenOS will be able to make use of its networking capability on a wider spectrum of machines. The Realtek Gigabit Ethernet is commonly found on commodity PCs with AMD processors. The NICs from this family are the equivalent of the Intel Gigabit Ethernet as found on computers with Intel CPUs. HelenOS already supports the Intel Gigabit Ethernet and so supporting the other widespread gigabit ethernet is a logical direction of enhancement.

 Difficulty::
  Medium to High

 Required skills::
  A successful applicant will have good skills of programming in the C language and the ability to learn and use HelenOS specific I/O functions. A successful applicant should have a fair understanding of the workings of the networking stack and the NICF too.

  The applicants should make sure they have physical access to a machine with one or more of these network cards. Several members of the HelenOS team are in possession of these NICs too.

 Documentation::
  - [http://www.helenos.org/doc/helnet.pdf HelenOS NICF documentation]
  - [http://www.helenos.org/doc/theses/lm-thesis.pdf Networking and TCP/IP stack for HelenOS system]
  - [http://www.helenos.org/doc/refman/networking-0.4.2/ Networking stack Reference Manual]
  - [wiki:DeveloperDocs/Peripherals#NIC Developer documentation for NIC]

 Possible mentors::
  HelenOS Core Team, Jakub Jermar, Martin Decky, Jiri Svoboda"	enhancement	closed	major	0.6.0	helenos/net/other	mainline	fixed	gsoc13, gsoc14				#426