Re: [PATCH] r8169: revert 2ab19de62d67 ("r8169: remove ASPM restrictions now that ASPM is disabled during NAPI poll")

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 05:59:07PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> There have been reports that on a number of systems this change breaks
> network connectivity. Therefore effectively revert it. Mainly affected
> seem to be systems where BIOS denies ASPM access to OS.
> Due to later changes we can't do a direct revert.
> 
> Fixes: 2ab19de62d67 ("r8169: remove ASPM restrictions now that ASPM is disabled during NAPI poll")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.4.y
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/e47bac0d-e802-65e1-b311-6acb26d5cf10@freenet.de/T/
> Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217596
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/57f13ec0-b216-d5d8-363d-5b05528ec5fb@gmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
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for how to do this properly.

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