netdev - Re: r8169 not working under latest kernels

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Message-ID: <106b9e6e996f2801b46b09c5bc5f168d@visp.net.lb>
Date:	Fri, 17 May 2013 11:15:02 +0300
From:	Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: r8169 not working under latest kernels

On 2013-05-17 01:57, Francois Romieu wrote:
> Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb> :
> On 2013-05-13 14:59, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote:
> [...]
> >Noticed on 32-builds of my systems that r8169 is not working
> >anymore at all.
> >Problem started to occur somewhere after 3.6 kernels, but it is
> >difficult to try other kernels on this semi-embedded system, and i am
> >not completely sure about that.
> >Once i used another OS build, but 64-bit build with same latest
> >kernel, and it worked.
> [...]
> It is not only for that model, i faced this problem for many realtek
> cards. Probably as i mentioned something specific (such as ifplugd
> interface polling) causing that, but it is making almost all r8169
> cards unusable for me.
> 
> 32-bit built KO vs 64-bit built OK does not ring a bell. I must go to
> bed now but your .config and 32-bit r8169.ko will be welcome.
> 
> Thanks.
http://www.nuclearcat.com/files/config-r8169.txt
I will try to use this config with 64bit kernel on same system (with 
32bit same userspace), to be sure if there is any difference.

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Denys Fedoryshchenko, Network Engineer, Virtual ISP S.A.L.
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