Bram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : [...] > The router attached to it indicates a 100mbit link. But that's about it. > I cannot get any data over it. I can manually configure it to have an IP > address and netmask, but it won't see anything on the local net. DHCP > doesn't work either. Nothing out of the ordinary is logged in dmesg or > anywhere else. An usb ethernet dongle on the system works just fine, > ruling out (absent anyway) firewall or similar trouble. The device works > well in windows XP.
Please try the patch below on top of 2.6.23-rc2 ? > Relevant system specs: > -Gigabyte GA-G33m-DS2R motherboard, with the integrated realtec nic Ok, unknown beast. [...] > dmesg output: > > r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK loaded > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:00.0 to 64 > eth0: RTL8168b/8111b at 0xf8854000, 00:1a:4d:44:a1:1f, IRQ 18 > ... > r8169: eth2: link up > r8169: eth2: link up Do not hesitate to send a whole dmesg. More context to not hurt. diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c index 8be51c4..fecedef 100644 --- a/drivers/net/r8169.c +++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c @@ -789,6 +789,12 @@ static int rtl8169_set_speed_xmii(struct net_device *dev, auto_nego |= ADVERTISE_PAUSE_CAP | ADVERTISE_PAUSE_ASYM; + if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_12) { + /* Vendor specific (0x1f) and reserved (0x0e) MII registers. */ + mdio_write(ioaddr, 0x1f, 0x0000); + mdio_write(ioaddr, 0x0e, 0x0000); + } + tp->phy_auto_nego_reg = auto_nego; tp->phy_1000_ctrl_reg = giga_ctrl; -- 1.4.4.2 -- 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