netdev - Re: r8169 2.2LK: Low link speed after suspend

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Message-ID: <20070501200723.GA19212@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Tue, 1 May 2007 22:07:23 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Peter Missel <peter.missel@...inehome.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: r8169 2.2LK: Low link speed after suspend

Peter Missel <peter.missel@...inehome.de> :
[...]
> Sorry, returning to this issue took me longer than anticipated before I could 
> return to the issue.

No problem, it is in my bugs store.

[...]
> Unfortunately the driver that comes with 2.6.18 doesn't appear to support 
> mii-tool. I get this message:
> 
> >Mars:~ # mii-tool -w eth2
> >SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth2' failed: Operation not supported

Are you sure that your system is kept up-to-date ?

If I read correctly, Suse's 10.2's kernel 2.6.18.8-0.1 includes a
2.6.19-rc5 version of the r8169 driver. It should support the relevant
ioctl (please add '-v -v' to the mii-tool command btw).

However...

> Next I'll be looking at the provided backport. Also, I'll be confronted with 
> SuSE 10.2 and the RTL8111B at work next week.

... for the 8168/8111B, it is strongly suggested to use 2.6.21 +
http://www.fr.zoreil.com/people/francois/misc/20070430-2.6.21-r8169-test.patch

-- 
Ueimor

Anybody got a battery for my Ultra 10 ?
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