netdev - [PATCH net] Revert "r8169: disable detection of chip version 36"

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Message-ID: <42e9674c-d5d0-a65a-f578-e5c74f244739@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 8 Jan 2023 20:37:53 +0100
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] Revert "r8169: disable detection of chip version 36"

This reverts commit 42666b2c452ce87894786aae05e3fad3cfc6cb59.

This chip version seems to be very rare, but it exits in consumer
devices, see linked report.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75049473/cant-setup-a-wired-network-in-archlinux-fresh-install

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index 24592d972523..dadd61bccfe7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -1996,10 +1996,7 @@ static enum mac_version rtl8169_get_mac_version(u16 xid, bool gmii)
 
 		/* 8168F family. */
 		{ 0x7c8, 0x488,	RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_38 },
-		/* It seems this chip version never made it to
-		 * the wild. Let's disable detection.
-		 * { 0x7cf, 0x481,	RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_36 },
-		 */
+		{ 0x7cf, 0x481,	RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_36 },
 		{ 0x7cf, 0x480,	RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_35 },
 
 		/* 8168E family. */
-- 
2.39.0