linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] r8169: fix a bug in rtl8169_init

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Message-ID: <4D84D123.8060903@example.com>
Date:	Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:52:03 +0100
From:	Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@...owicz.com>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
CC:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: fix a bug in rtl8169_init_phy()

On 19.03.2011 16:41, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Samstag, 19. März 2011, 16:39:11 schrieben Sie:
>> Le samedi 19 mars 2011 à 16:33 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
>>> Le samedi 19 mars 2011 à 16:31 +0100, Oliver Neukum a écrit :
>>>> Am Samstag, 19. März 2011, 16:18:50 schrieb Eric Dumazet:
>>>>
>>>>> Problem comes from commit 54405cde762408b00a445466a40da4f7f33a8479
>>>>> (r8169: support control of advertising.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Reverting it brings back NIC for me
>>>>
>>>> Odd. It worked for me. Are you testing on a gigabit switch? Could you send
>>>> me dmesg? Does it work if you use ethtool to advertise a lower speed?
>>>>
>>>> 	Regards
>>>> 		Oliver
>>>
>>> I found the bug, I am sending a patch in two minutes.
>>>
>>
>> Here it is
>>
>> [PATCH] r8169: fix a bug in rtl8169_init_phy()
>>
>> commit 54405cde7624 (r8169: support control of advertising.)
>> introduced a bug in rtl8169_init_phy()
>
> Thank you. I feel like banging my head against something.

If it will work I will be banging against the wall. I am missing for a 
fresh new kernel with networking.

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