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 19:43:10 +0200 Message-ID: <201107071943.10479.arnd@arndb.de> References: <201107071455.36975.arnd@arndb.de> <20110707172350.GD13683@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 ([212.227.17.8]:51673 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751880Ab1GGRnv (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jul 2011 13:43:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20110707172350.GD13683@merlins.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thursday 07 July 2011 19:23:50 Marc MERLIN wrote: > On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 02:55:36PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > 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. > > So, it was problematic to build and boot old kernels for that system, but I > tried my USB adapter in older systems with older kernels. > > 2.6.20 and 2.6.22.1 both were able to bring the interface up and DHCP. > 2.6.24.3 was NOT able to. > Neither was 2.6.34.1. Not a lot has changed int hat driver between 2.6.22 and 2.6.24, so you could try git diff v2.6.22..v2.6.24 drivers/net/usb/asix.c | patch -Rp1 on the latest version and see if that helps. There are some rejects, but those all look harmless. Arnd