From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francois Romieu Subject: Re: [PATCH net] r8169: check ALDPS bit and disable it if enabled for the 8168g Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 01:02:07 +0100 Message-ID: <20131128000207.GC5342@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <1385538516-32104-1-git-send-email-dchang@suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" , jlee@suse.com, David Chang To: Hayes Wang Return-path: Received: from violet.fr.zoreil.com ([92.243.8.30]:36856 "EHLO violet.fr.zoreil.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757799Ab3K1ACX (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:02:23 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1385538516-32104-1-git-send-email-dchang@suse.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: David Chang : [...] > Windows driver will enable ALDPS function, but linux driver and firmware > do not have any configuration related to ALDPS function for 8168g. > So restart system to linux and remove the NIC cable, LAN enter ALDPS, > then LAN RX will be disabled. > > This issue can be easily reproduced on dual boot windows and linux > system with RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 chip. Hayes, could it be that a different chipset also needs the same kind of fix ? -- Ueimor