Andrew Paprocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : [...] > This struck me as strange, so I checked and it is directly connected > to the MAC addr of the ethernet card: 00:0c:76:ae:b5:16 > > I figured that a newer kernel might fix this issue, so I built > 2.6.22-rc3 and under that kernel the r8169 device doesn't work at all. > It never detects a valid link. I insmod'd the driver with debug=16 and > all I see it printing is "eth0: PHY reset until link up" on a timer.
Ok. You will not pollute the console much with a single bit of debug. > I see some patches flying around for r8169.c, but I'm not sure if > either of these two cases are known/fixed I am not sure either. With the usual luck, I could bet that an update will make the alignment issue go away while introducing a link negotiation regression. > Also, this is a gigabit NIC on a gig-e switched network, yet mii-tool > only reports 10mb-hd speed... ? Auto-negotiation probably failed. Your ethernet cables are fine, aren't they ? Please: - send a 'lspci -vvx' of the host - try 2.6.22-rc3 + http://www.fr.zoreil.com/people/francois/misc/20070527-2.6.22-rc3-r8169.patch - send a complete dmesg (2.6.18 and 2.6.22-rc3 patched) - send 'mii-tool -vv' and 'ethtool -S' for a patched 2.6.22-rc3 - send .config (one never knows...) [...] > # ethtool -S eth0 > NIC statistics: > tx_packets: 4397 > rx_packets: 6701 > tx_errors: 1 > rx_errors: 999 > rx_missed: 0 > align_errors: 25770 ^^^^^ ~2/3 of misaligned packets. Wow. Same thing with both interfaces ? If the patched kernel does not detect the link, restart autonegotiation with mii-tool. -- Ueimor - 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
