netdev - Re: 3.1.0 rtl8169

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Date:	Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:53:55 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...oraproject.org,
	hayeswang@...ltek.com, 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))
 > 
 > 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 ?

That's probably why the version in Fedora hasn't been updated since July at a guess.

	Dave

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