Mario,
I think patch noted below worked to resolve the remaining issues I have
been experiencing with with realtek Ethernet port on the Intel D945GCLF
motherboard (Atom Mini-ITX). I tested with the 2.6.26-rc9 kernel this
time, although I applied the patch to the 2.6.25's r8169.c.
Likely it is my inexperience, but the patch as I copied it from the
netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx posting did not apply cleanly using the patch
tool, so I had to hand-apply the patch code changes to 8169.c. However,
once this was done and compiled, the Ethernet began working much
better. I have not been able so far to make it fail, even more than two
dozen or more cold and warm resets. Previous failure rate was at least
during 50% of resets, so it is at a minimum much more stable on startup.
Much thanks!
- Michael
Mario Limonciello wrote:
Hi Michael:
Sorry, I posted this to the list I received your message from
(netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx). I don't believe it's been applied by anyone
as of yet.
Regards
Michael Grollman wrote:
Mario,
Apologies in advance for my ignorance.
When you write below about 'the patch' and 'the list,' can you be a
bit more specific, particularly about which list you posted it to?
Also, I think Kasper's question below related to, was the patch you
used to fix your 8169 issues now part of rc9, or is it still
independent of the main tree? For those like me not used to be
bleeding edge, its cleaner to just snag the rc candidate than to try
the hand patch method.
Any insight you can offer is appreciated.
Cheers,
- Michael
Mario Limonciello wrote:
Kasper:
Particularly try the patch that I posted to the list. It solved the
ifup (and resume) failures for me on two platforms using that chipset.
Regards
Kasper Sandberg wrote:
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 23:59 +0200, Francois Romieu wrote:
Sorry for the delay, i had to do an onsite thing in another
country, so
i first see your message now.
Would it be okay if i took rc9 instead? also, i saw you posted a set of
patches to sync more with realteks code, is this something you would
like me to test too, or aswell? (remember, i have the 8111c).
Btw, a thought just crossed my mind as to a possible reason why this
might be happening, i was googling around, and it seems the TWO nic's
are supposed to have some sort of hardware bonding thing, could it be
because such stuff isnt handled?
mvh.
Kasper Sandberg
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