netdev - Re: 2.6.27.19 + 28.7: network timeouts for r8169 and 8139too

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Date:	Wed, 13 May 2009 21:34:12 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Michael Riepe <michael.riepe@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>, David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Rui Santos <rsantos@...popie.com>,
	Michael Büker <m.bueker@...lin.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.27.19 + 28.7: network timeouts for r8169 and 8139too

Michael Riepe <michael.riepe@...glemail.com> writes:

> How do lspci and dmesg report the chip? For mine, lspci says it's a
> "RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)" while
> the kernel reports "RTL8168c/8111c at 0xffffc200000f6000,
> 00:1c:c0:b6:1a:4a, XID 3c4000c0".

Sure, that's the same chip I think.

> This reminds me of the early ATA/USB bridges from Genesys Logic... many
> revisions, and each one broken in a different way. :-(

This seems like the same revision. I'm not very convinced it's the RTL
chip which is buggy.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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