RTL8169 and Realtek PCIe GBA family

[Raymond]

My network controller is Realtek PCIe GBA family,what is the relationship between RTL8169 and Realtek PCIe GBA family?

Is there any reference about Realtek PCIe GBA family for programming?

ray

[TheCool1Kevin]

I believe that the Realtek PCI express GBA family can be controlled via a RTL8169 driver, although a closer look (closer than a simple Google search that I conducted) should reveal if it actually is/is not. And about the specs, I used to have the full PDF printed out somewhere, but I can't find it and the OSDev link to the specs is broken. For now, this may be of some use?
Any expert opinion on this?

[rdos]

I think Realtek has removed their previously open specifications for some reason.

Also note that the Linux driver for Realtek contains a huge amount of per-chip revision patches indicating that Realtek has shipped chips with sub-optimal settings and/or outright bugs. Some of these bugs are serious enough to interfere with the operation of the chip. I ported all those patches to my OS a while ago to avoid these problems in production systems. Because even if you order the same system, it will contain different RTL chip revisions requiring different patches.