Re: r8169 mac address change (was Re: [0/3] 2.6.19-rc2: known regressions)

Lennert Buytenhek
2006-11-01T05:00:37Z

On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 12:05:38AM +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:

> o Lennert, can you apply the two patches
> - 0001-r8169-perform-a-PHY-reset-before-any-other-operation-at-boot-time.txt
> - 0002-r8169-more-magic.txt
> at http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.19-rc4/r8169 against
> 2.6.19-rc4 (2.6.19-rc4 reverted the MAC address changes) and see if the
> n2100 board still needs to remove the SYSErr handler ?

2.6.19-rc4 + these two patches => doesn't work

2.6.19-rc4 + these two patches + SYSErr removal => works

For reference:
* 2.6.19-rc4 + SYSErr removal => works

So, while these two patches don't fix the problem, they don't seem
to be making things worse, something the MAC address change did do.

cheers,
Lennert