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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Christian Hesse <list@eworm.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH for-4.14.y 0/5] e1000e: Upstream fixes for linux-4.14.y
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On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 08:23:27AM +0100, Christian Hesse wrote:
> Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> on Mon, 2017/12/04 19:37:
> > On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 04:47:00PM +0100, Christian Hesse wrote:
> > > Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org> on Mon, 2017/11/27 18:23:  
> > > > Hi Greg,
> > > > 
> > > > Found few e100e upstream fixes from Benjamin Poirier in lede
> > > > source tree, https://git.lede-project.org/?p=source.git, and
> > > > these fixes seem reasonable enough for 4.14.y too.
> > > > 
> > > > Also submitting an e1000e buffer overrun fix by Sasha Neftin.
> > > > 
> > > > Cherry-picked and build tested for linux v4.14.2 for ARCH=arm/arm64.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Amit Pundir
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Benjamin Poirier (4):
> > > >   e1000e: Fix error path in link detection
> > > >   e1000e: Fix return value test
> > > >   e1000e: Separate signaling for link check/link up
> > > >   e1000e: Avoid receiver overrun interrupt bursts
> > > > 
> > > > Sasha Neftin (1):
> > > >   e1000e: fix buffer overrun while the I219 is processing DMA
> > > >     transactions  
> > > 
> > > Hello everybody,
> > > 
> > > looks like one of these breaks connectivity on my Thinkpad X250.
> > > Just downgraded to linux 4.14.2 to verify.  
> > 
> > Can you try the -rc release I just did?  It has a fix for this series in
> > it.
> 
> It connects with the notebook's built in ethernet port (did not check with
> 4.14.3) but still fails to see a link when placed in docking station.

Do you have the same issues with 4.15-rc2?

thanks,

greg k-h