From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ackman Subject: RTL8169 driver no longer functioning with 8111b Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 16:39:21 -0700 Message-ID: <4828D529.3060201@gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([69.61.125.42]:57157 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756903AbYELXtY (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 19:49:24 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (cpe-76-167-243-198.socal.res.rr.com [76.167.243.198]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by havoc.gtf.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C92CA1F81A2 for ; Mon, 12 May 2008 19:39:23 -0400 (EDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I've spent the better part of a day researching this to no avail. I run Gentoo on an Abit AB9 PRO P965 board. It has two onboard ports for a Realtek 8111B Gigabit interface. I have been running 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 (I think) kernel sources. I went to reboot the unit, something I've done many times before, and upon reboot the two NICs were recognized but there was no network. The link status for one was down (my primary port where the NIC cable has always been), while the other port showed a link status of yes. Neither change regardless of cable now. Also, all other values are pretty much *unknown*. If I turn off the machine, the link status light (both on the port and my switch) is lit until the kernel module for r8169 is loaded, and then the link light goes off (both on the port and my switch). For the life of me, I don't know what has changed short of general software updates in Gentoo. I scoured the web, find suggestions about where Windows has turned the NIC off. The trouble is I don't use Windows period on this box, no do I have the software to even test the theory of the power savings being turn on. It just mysteriously has stopped being alive. lspci shows the devices, their given eth0 and eth1 as usual, I can disable them in the bios and watch Linux recognize they're missing, but still I can't for the life of me get them to act properly. I've tried turning off ACPI, I've tried 2.6.24-gentoo-r7 kernel, I've tried the Realtek driver source for r8168. ACPI support was the only thing I can think of that has been a major change on the system anytime recently. Any suggestions would be helpful. How might I turn off the power saving feature in the chip via linux? -Ack