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

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Date:   Sun, 30 Jun 2019 14:40:14 +0200
From:   Karsten Wiborg <karsten.wiborg@....de>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
        romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: r8169 not working on 5.2.0rc6 with GPD MicroPC

Hi Heiner,

On 30/06/2019 11:12, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> 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.
Tested some more. Found out that the Realtek-supplied r8168-8.046.00 is
buggy (compilation bugged out, see one of my last mails). I just
succeeded in compiling r8168-8.047.00, which ran straight out of the
box. So the NIC is fine and not defect.

I do agree with you: I definitely would prefer an opensource driver but
the r8169 simply didn't work.

In regard of my success with r8168-8.047.00, do you still think it might
be a BIOS-issue?

Regards,
Karsten