linux-kernel - Re: Abit F-190HD Onboard rlt8169 Ethernet Controller

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Message-ID: <20071029084949.19d20323@snowcone>
Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:49:49 +0000
From:	Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@...eyonder.co.uk>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Abit F-190HD Onboard rlt8169 Ethernet Controller

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:33:33 +0000
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > It is not recognised by 2.6.24-rc1. I'm guessing it's because the
> > vendor ID is 0001 rather than something sensible. I patched the
> > kernel as follows:
> 
> A vendor ID of 1 is very very very broken. Do all boards have this or
> do you have a faulty box (perhaps a misprogrammed EEPROM somewhere)

A Google for 0001:8168 finds other mentions of the same board. Looks
like it's a general problem.

> That will match any device 0x8168 not just a realtek one. I'd use
> 0x0001, 0x8168 for the match.

Ok. I've attached an updated patch.

Thanks,
-- 
Ciaran McCreesh
View attachment "f-190hd-rlt8139.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (589 bytes)