linux-kernel - Re: Realtek 8168D: no active link (2.6.29.2)

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Message-ID: <20090517215724.GA7699@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Sun, 17 May 2009 23:57:24 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...sics.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:	David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Edward Hsu <edward_hsu@...ltek.com.tw>
Subject: Re: Realtek 8168D: no active link (2.6.29.2)

Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...sics.adelaide.edu.au> :
[...]
> Indeed.  To follow up on this, as per my earlier email I left the machine
> disconnected from the mains all night - so it was truly "off" for about 9
> hours.  Just before coming to work I flicked it on and the "link" LED lit
> almost immediately.  So whatever the Realtek driver did, the resulting
> status would appear to be stored in some kind of non-volatile memory.  While
> it would appear that this has worked around the problem for me, it would be
> nice if the mainline driver could do this itself.

The attached patch is not complete but can you give it a try and check if
it makes a difference ?

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Ueimor

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