Jelle Foks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : [...] > When I upgraded from 2.6.20.4 to 2.6.21, the r8169 kept thinking that > the link was down, while with 2.6.20.4, the link was detected at 10Mbit/s. > > This is on a (I admit, probably out-of-spec) cable to a Gbit switch from > the r8169 on the mainboard of an AOpen XC Cube EX761.
Grmblmbl... > With 2.6.20.4, the 'link' goes through these states when I boot: > > r8169: eth1: link down > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): link is not ready > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): link becomes ready > r8169: eth1: link up > > And then it works (at 10Mbit). With 2.6.21, the link stays down. > > When I revert rtl8169_xmii_reset_enable() to the code from the driver in > 2.6.20.4 (see the diff below), then it works again, with the same > behaviour as with 2.6.20.4. [snip] This patch alone is known to change things but it does not work everywhere :o/ Can you: - send the output of a 'lspci -vvx' - send the output of mii-tool including hex dump of the registers with 2.6.20.4 and 2.6.21 - try 2.6.21 + http://www.fr.zoreil.com/people/francois/misc/20070430-2.6.21-r8169-test.patch -- Ueimor Anybody got a battery for my Ultra 10 ? - 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
