From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: Getting the correct asix AX88178 usb gige driver in mainline? Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 14:55:36 +0200 Message-ID: <201107071455.36975.arnd@arndb.de> References: <20110629033025.GA32153@merlins.org> <201107062209.05794.arnd@arndb.de> <20110706210857.GH22090@merlins.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com To: Marc MERLIN Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.9]:57250 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756099Ab1GGMzx (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:55:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20110706210857.GH22090@merlins.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wednesday 06 July 2011, Marc MERLIN wrote: > > The patch I mentioned was merged back in 2006, for 2.6.19. Either that > > patch was never complete and is missing support for your hardware, or > > it broke since then. You should probably try an old kernel to see if it's > > actually a regression. > > Thanks for the details Arnd, I'll see if I can boot 2.6.19 on that laptop > and report back. I would perhaps try something less ancient first, 2.6.27-longterm would be a good candidate. If it was working at some point but broken later, chances are that it wasn't broken until a few years ago, rather than shortly after it was merged. Arnd