Bug 11453

Summary: Missing support for RTL8101 Ethernet chip (failure of r8169 kernel module)
Product: Drivers Reporter: Hadmut Danisch (hadmut)
Component: NetworkAssignee: Francois Romieu (romieu)
Status: RESOLVED UNREPRODUCIBLE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P1    
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Kernel Version: 2.6.27 (ubuntu 2.6.27-2-generic) Subsystem:
Regression: No Bisected commit-id:

Description Hadmut Danisch 2008-08-29 13:07:20 UTC 
Latest working kernel version: never
Earliest failing kernel version:
Distribution: ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid)
Hardware Environment: Toshiba Notebook with RTL 8101 ethernet chip
Software Environment:
Problem Description:

When inserting the r8169 driver, a eth0 device appears and is configurable, just as a working device, except for the fact that it does not receive anything. 

Observation 1: When rebooting 2.6.24 into 2.6.27, the machine crashes before getting into a single user shell. It however works when switching the machine's power off and on before going into 2.6.27

Observation 2: When rebooting from 2.6.27 into 2.6.24 with a self compiled 8101 driver, it does not work either, but plugging the ethernet cable out and in it helps. 


It looks as if there is a problem with turning the receiver and the loop current on and off. 

regards
Comment 1 Francois Romieu 2008-08-29 13:47:59 UTC 
Can you apply patches #0001 to #0006 from:
http://userweb.kernel.org/~romieu/r8169/2.6.27-rc3/20080818 ?

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Ueimor
Comment 2 Francois Romieu 2008-10-11 10:18:59 UTC 
Can you try the real mainline 2.6.27 ?

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Ueimor
Comment 3 Francois Romieu 2008-10-26 13:39:41 UTC 
Francois Romieu  2008-10-11 10:18:59 :
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> Can you try the real mainline 2.6.27 ?

Or 2.6.28-rc2 ?

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Ueimor