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

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Message-ID: <20071108210546.GA8780@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:05:46 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
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
	again)

Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> :
[snip snip] 
> Stop the presses:  Another person has now reported back to me.
> This guy has the VER_17 chip inside a notebook, and the same problem.
> 
> So the unified fix for all of these is to just get rid of 
> rtl8168b_hw_phy_config(),
> as that code is all that is really different from 2.6.23 (where all is 
> okay).
> 
> Updated patch below.

Thanks. I'll push an update for it and probably a fix for a different
annoyance before going to bed.

It will help future developments if you can convince the shadow man to
send a few informations: I have no known tester for the VER_17 chip.

As a side note, people should really really really consider posting on
netdev@...r.kernel.org when reporting test results.

-- 
Ueimor
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