netdev - Re: [PATCH net] r8169: don't use MSI-X on RTL8168g

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Date:   Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:58:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] r8169: don't use MSI-X on RTL8168g

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:26:26 +0200

> There have been two reports that network doesn't come back on resume
> from suspend when using MSI-X. Both cases affect the same chip version
> (RTL8168g - version 40), on different systems. Falling back to MSI
> fixes the issue.
> Even though we don't really have a proof yet that the network chip
> version is to blame, let's disable MSI-X for this version.
> 
> Reported-by: Steve Dodd <steved424@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Lou Reed <gogen@...root.org>
> Tested-by: Steve Dodd <steved424@...il.com>
> Tested-by: Lou Reed <gogen@...root.org>
> Fixes: 6c6aa15fdea5 ("r8169: improve interrupt handling")
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.