netdev - Re: Possible bug with r8169 driver

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Date:	Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:54:48 +0100
From:	Nolwenn <donolwenn@...il.com>
To:	hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Cc:	'Francois Romieu' <romieu@...zoreil.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	'nic_swsd' <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
Subject: Re: Possible bug with r8169 driver

Le jeudi 4 octobre 2012 10:09:22 hayeswang a écrit :
> Francois Romieu [mailto:romieu@...zoreil.com]
> [...]
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> > index eb81da4..e0f1b8d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> > @@ -4271,8 +4271,8 @@ static void rtl_set_rx_mode(struct
> > net_device *dev)
> > 
> >  		mc_filter[1] = swab32(data);
> >  	
> >  	}
> > 
> > -	RTL_W32(MAR0 + 4, mc_filter[1]);
> > -	RTL_W32(MAR0 + 0, mc_filter[0]);
> > +	RTL_W32(MAR0 + 4, 0xffffffff);
> > +	RTL_W32(MAR0 + 0, 0xffffffff);
> > 
> >  	RTL_W32(RxConfig, tmp);
> >  
> >  }
> 
> The RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_35 is designed without multicast hardware filter, so
> you should set IO 0x08 ~ 0x0f to 0xff for receiving all multicast packets
> without filtering them.
> 

Hello,

Few weeks later, does I have to do something or it will be fix in the next 
kernel ?

Regards

Nolwenn
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