netdev - Re: r8169 not working on 5.2.0rc6 with GPD MicroPC

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Date:   Sun, 30 Jun 2019 11:12:19 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Karsten Wiborg <karsten.wiborg@....de>, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
        romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: r8169 not working on 5.2.0rc6 with GPD MicroPC

On 30.06.2019 02:14, Karsten Wiborg wrote:
> Hi Heiner,
> 
> thanks for the speedy reply.
> 
> On 6/30/19 12:09 AM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> If r8169 (the mainline driver) is running, why do you want to switch
>> to r8168 (the Realtek vendor driver)? The latter is not supported by
>> the kernel community.
> Well I did install r8168 because r8169 is not working.
> Didn't even get to see the MAC of the NIC.
> 
>>> 2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group
>>> default qlen 1000
>>>     link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>> Seems like the network isn't started.
> Jepp, that is the output from the r8169.
> 
Indeed the MAC is missing:
[    2.839776] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: RTL8168h/8111h,
00:00:00:00:00:00, XID 541, IRQ 126

This works with RTL8168h in other systems, so I'd say you should
check with the vendor. Maybe it's a BIOS issue.

> Regards,
> Karsten
> 
Heiner