From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 19:41:29 +0100
> After switching the r8169 driver to use phylib some user reported that > their network is broken. This was caused by the genphy PHY driver being > used instead of the dedicated PHY driver for the RTL8211B. Users > reported that loading the Realtek PHY driver module upfront fixes the > issue. See also this mail thread: > https://marc.info/?t=154279781800003&r=1&w=2 > The issue is quite weird and the root cause seems to be somewhere in > the base driver core. The patch works around the issue and may be > removed once the actual issue is fixed. > > The Fixes tag refers to the first reported occurrence of the issue. > The issue itself may have been existing much longer and it may affect > users of other network chips as well. Users typically will recognize > this issue only if their PHY stops working when being used with the > genphy driver. > > Fixes: f1e911d5d0df ("r8169: add basic phylib support") > Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com> Applied and queued up for -stable.
