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
Can you apply patches #0001 to #0006 from: http://userweb.kernel.org/~romieu/r8169/2.6.27-rc3/20080818 ? -- Ueimor
Can you try the real mainline 2.6.27 ? -- Ueimor
Francois Romieu 2008-10-11 10:18:59 : [...] > Can you try the real mainline 2.6.27 ? Or 2.6.28-rc2 ? -- Ueimor