Lnx2Mac's Realtek Ethernet Driver - Public Beta Now Available

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For the past few weeks, Lnx2Mac has been developing a new Realtek ethernet driver for Mac OS X. His goal was to create a driver that provides support for the latest motherboards that use the Realtek RTL8111E controller. This new driver is called RealtekRTL81xx.kext and supports the following ethernet controllers:

• RTL8168, RTL8168B, RTL8168C
• RTL8111, RTL8111B, RTL8111C, RTL8111CP, RTL8111D(L), RTL8111DP, RTL8111E

It's based on the RealtekR1000SL.kext created by Chuck Fry in late 2009 with additions and fixes from the latest official Realtek Linux source. In addition the driver includes the following changes:

• 32/64 bit support
• Improved stability
• Improved performance
• Numerous bug fixes

Today the beta went public! Check out Lnx2Mac's Blog for further details and the download link.  Please leave all feedback and comments there and in the RTL81xx Beta Testing forum.

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New Unified Realtek Onboard Audio Solution: ALC8xxHDA

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Introducing MacMan's ALC8xxHDA.kext, a single combined LegacyHDA replacement for Realtek ALC888, ALC887/888b, ALC889, ALC885/889a, and ALC892 high-definition audio codecs.  In order to initiate audio, this driver must be combined with a DSDT from the DSDT Database or HDAEnabler.  For any codecs other than the native ALC885/889a, AppleHDA Rollback must also be used.  All options now available in the latest MultiBeast.

To update from an existing MultiBeast LegacyHDA + AppleHDA rollback:

1. Delete LegacyHDA from /Extra/Extenisons
2. Open MultiBeast
3. Select ALC8xxHDA + AppleHDA Rollback + System Utilities
4. Reboot

To update from an existing MultiBeast VoodooHDA:

1. Delete VoodooHDA from System/Library/Extensions.
2. Open MultiBeast
3. Select ALC8xxHDA + AppleHDA Rollback + System Utilities
4. Reboot

Realtek ALC888, ALC887/888b, ALC889, ALC885/889a support:

OUTPUTS: Analog Front Headphone/Green Line-out, Orange Line-out, Grey Line-out, Digital SPDIF-OUT
INPUTS: Analog Pink Microphone, Blue Line-in, Digital SPDIF-IN

Realtek ALC892 support:
OUTPUTS: Analog Front Headphone/Green Line-out, Digital SPDIF-OUT

INPUTS: Analog Pink Microphone, Blue Line-in, Digital SPDIF-IN

Please report your results with this new method in the forum.  Special thanks to complx for the ALC8xxHDA logo.  Enjoy!

-tonymacx86 & MacMan

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