netdev - Re: [PATCH] r8169: Enable RX_MULTI_EN for RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER

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Message-ID: <53C4FAD9.1020008@daenzer.net>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:56:41 +0900
From:	Michel Dänzer <michel@...nzer.net>
To:	Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	nic_swsd <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: Enable RX_MULTI_EN for RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40

On 15.07.2014 18:29, Hayes Wang wrote:
>  Michel Dänzer [mailto:michel@...nzer.net] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 2:42 PM
>> To: Francois Romieu; nic_swsd
>> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>> Subject: [PATCH] r8169: Enable RX_MULTI_EN for RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40
>>
>> Without this, the ethernet port on my ASUS A88X Pro mainboard stops
>> working sometimes, with messages like these in dmesg:
>>
>> AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=05:00.0 
>> domain=0x001e address=0x0000000000003000 flags=0x0050]
> 
> I search the information about your issue. It seems to be
> relative to the IOMMU. I don't sure if your patch is the root
> cause or a workaround.

It's quite possibly just a workaround; I tried this based on previous
similar commits in this driver.


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Libre software enthusiast          |                Mesa and X developer
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