linux-kernel - Re: r8169: NFG in 2.6.24-rc2

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Date:	Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:11:25 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	romieu@...zoreil.com, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: r8169:  NFG in 2.6.24-rc2

Mark Lord wrote:
> My ASUS board has one of these:
> 
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
>        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 81aa
>        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- 
..
>     ...
>     r8169: eth0: link up
>     ...
>     kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
>     r8169: eth0: link up
>     ...
> Not usable from this point on.
> 
> With CONFIG_PCI_MSI=y, it also fails, and then isn't even detected (not in lspci)
> on subsequent reboots.  A power cycle is required to get it to show up  again.
..

Ahh.. this seems to have been around for a while already,
as there's an unresolved bug entry from -rc1 for this exact problem.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9257
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