netdev - Re: 3.1.0 rtl8169

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Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:34:36 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...oraproject.org,
	hayeswang@...ltek.com
Subject: Re: 3.1.0 rtl8169_open oops.

Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> :
[...]
> (gdb) list *(rtl8169_open)+0x34e
> 0x4c0f is in rtl8169_open (drivers/net/r8169.c:1881).
> 1876		bool rc = false;
> 1877	
> 1878		if (fw->size < FW_OPCODE_SIZE)
> 1879			goto out;
> 1880	
> 1881		if (!fw_info->magic) {
> 1882			size_t i, size, start;
> 1883			u8 checksum = 0;
> 1884	
> 1885			if (fw->size < sizeof(*fw_info))

Give me 24h. I hope it is not as trivial as it seems :o(

Btw the firmware included in F16 is not up-to-date (see
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=131295492507686&w=2). The driver should
not mind though.

-- 
Ueimor
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