linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] r8169 fix regression on ASUS motherboards (updated)

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Message-ID: <47324843.4050602@rtr.ca>
Date:	Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:20:35 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169 fix regression on ASUS motherboards (updated)

Mark Lord wrote:
> Mark Lord wrote:
>> Francois Romieu wrote:
>> ..
>>> I am not convinced, the broken ones include some RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_12
>>> too, namely XID = 0x38000000.
> ..
> 
> Here is the updated patch for both VER_11 and VER_12.
> Let's get this in, as the driver has been broken for weeks now.
> 
> * * * *
> 
> Fix r8169 regression on ASUS motherboards.
> 
> Second attempt.  This one fixes both VER_11 and VER_12 MACs.
> 
> The r8169 ethernet driver worked fine in 2.6.23, but fails
> in 2.6.24-rc* for the onboard ethernet of ASUS P5B series motherboards.
> This patch fixes it again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@...ox.com>
> 
> --- broken/drivers/net/r8169.c    2007-11-03 16:24:16.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux/drivers/net/r8169.c    2007-11-07 17:22:59.000000000 -0500
> @@ -1326,6 +1326,7 @@
>         break;
>     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_11:
>     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_12:
> +        break;
>     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_17:
>         rtl8168b_hw_phy_config(ioaddr);
>         break;
..

I've now received a couple of private emails from people reporting
full success with this patch.

Cheers
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