netdev - RE: 3.1.0 rtl8169

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Message-ID: <0A34891812EB4560B3A1708BC58A0ECD@realtek.com.tw>
Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:26:25 +0800
From:	hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
To:	'Dave Jones' <davej@...hat.com>,
	'Francois Romieu' <romieu@...zoreil.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-team@...oraproject.org>,
	<dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: RE: 3.1.0 rtl8169_open oops.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Jones [mailto:davej@...hat.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:54 AM
> To: Francois Romieu
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; kernel-team@...oraproject.org; 
> Hayeswang; dwmw2@...radead.org
> Subject: Re: 3.1.0 rtl8169_open oops.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 01:34:36AM +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:
>  > Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> :
>  > [...]
>  > > (gdb) list *(rtl8169_open)+0x34e
>  > > 0x4c0f is in rtl8169_open (drivers/net/r8169.c:1881).
>  > > 1876		bool rc = false;
>  > > 1877	
>  > > 1878		if (fw->size < FW_OPCODE_SIZE)
>  > > 1879			goto out;
>  > > 1880	
>  > > 1881		if (!fw_info->magic) {
>  > > 1882			size_t i, size, start;
>  > > 1883			u8 checksum = 0;
>  > > 1884	
>  > > 1885			if (fw->size < sizeof(*fw_info))
>  > 

My colleague tries Fedora 16 and it works fine with several different chips. We
couldn't reproduce the issue.

>  > Give me 24h. I hope it is not as trivial as it seems :o(
>  > 
>  > Btw the firmware included in F16 is not up-to-date (see
>  > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=131295492507686&w=2). 
> The driver should
>  > not mind though.
> 
> That reminds me. Since the kernel.org compromise, where does
> linux-firmware live now ?
> 

I submitted the new firmwares to

http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git

However, the owner doesn't update them yet. You could reference

http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg178015.html

 
Best Regards,
Hayes

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