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

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Message-ID: <4D84FCF9.8010801@example.com>
Date:	Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:59:05 +0100
From:	Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@...owicz.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	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 16:39, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 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()
>
> Reported-by: Piotr Hosowicz<piotr@...owicz.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet<eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Cc: Oliver Neukum<oliver@...kum.org>
> Cc: Francois Romieu<romieu@...zoreil.com>

Tested-by: Piotr Hosowicz<piotr@...owicz.com>

Works OK now.

Regards,

Piotr Hosowicz

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