The capabilities of the 8169 can be disabled but it is hardly a reason to prevent the use the device. The (so far) unusual behavior has been reported on a MIPS platform by Yoichi Yuasa.
Spotted-by: Yoichi Yuasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/r8169.c | 4 +--- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) e53091fae52931a96dfb661f2b78e0a91e5f9978 diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c --- a/drivers/net/r8169.c +++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c @@ -1346,10 +1346,8 @@ rtl8169_init_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, } else { if (netif_msg_probe(tp)) { printk(KERN_ERR PFX - "Cannot find PowerManagement capability. " - "Aborting.\n"); + "PowerManagement capability not found.\n"); } - goto err_out_mwi; } /* make sure PCI base addr 1 is MMIO */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html