netdev - Re: Realtek RTL-8169 having receive errors

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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:21:26 -0700
From:	"Avuton Olrich" <avuton@...il.com>
To:	"Francois Romieu" <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Realtek RTL-8169 having receive errors

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com> wrote:
> Avuton Olrich <avuton@...il.com> :
>  [...]
>
> > shapeshifter ~ # ethtool -s eth1 msglvl 255
>  > Cannot set new msglvl: Operation not supported
>
>  See ethtool -i eth1 and figure which ethX is relevant for your r8169 :o)

Well, that's interesting, prior to this I didn't realize how to find
out which driver controlled with ethX, so I was wrong, this is (yet
another) forcedeth issue. I took a 50/50 chance at it and came out
wrong. Thanks! :)

>  [...]
>
> > I can't even boot 2.6.23, so that's not doable. I will work on taking
>  > this machine down sometime this week, if it's possible and necessary.
>
>  Don't boot 2.6.23: compile its r8169 driver in a 2.6.22 tree.
>
>  Or simply revert d78ae2dcc2acebb9a1048278f47f762c069db75c with current
>  git (shot in the dark).

OK, I will try this if I can get a few hours of downtime for it.

Thanks again,
-- 
avuton
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