linux-kernel - Re: r8169 mac address change (was Re: [0/3] 2.6.19-rc2: known regressions)

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Date:	Wed, 1 Nov 2006 00:37:56 +0100 (CET)
From:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	tmattox@...il.com, spiky.kiwi@...il.com, r.bhatia@...x.at,
	Darren Salt <linux@...mustbejoking.demon.co.uk>,
	Syed Azam <syed.azam@...com>,
	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
Subject: Re: r8169 mac address change (was Re: [0/3] 2.6.19-rc2: known
 regressions)

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Francois Romieu wrote:

> Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de> :
> 
> > in to see if it ever fails. So, what does it tell us about the 
> > set_mac_address thing?
> 
> It tells nothing more about the set_mac_address thing. If people need 
> MAC address change support, I can surely hack something and keep a
> patch for future reference. Imho it is anything but 2.6.19 material
> though.

Aha, ok, thanks. Just noticed that the set_mac_address has been reverted 
in -rc4, so, that's resolved. Good.

> Your computer was good at spotting issues with the MAC address stuff,
> so it was the perfect candidate to test pending fixes for different
> problems. As you noticed, it was not exactly safe to feed the MII
> control register with some potentially uninitialized stuff, whence
> the patch from yesterday.

Glad it was useful. I have to warn you though, that that "computer" is not 
very actively used ATM and doesn't stay on for too long. However, if you 
can suggest a way to stress test that phy reset thingie, I could run some 
overnight test.

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski
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