On Friday, March 20, 2015 06:34:00 PM Bernhard Thaler wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------000805070501000906050700 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > On 19.03.2015 12:27, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Thursday, March 19, 2015 08:10:44 AM Bernhard Thaler wrote: > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > --------------000809080900050004000900 > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I think this regression is not yet solved. > > > > First off, it is good to CC the commit author too (CCed now). > > > > > I encounter this or a similar problem with an PC Engines APU.1C device > > > (see: http://pcengines.ch/apu.htm). It has 3 network interfaces each > > > requiring the r8169 kernel module. > > > > > > With 4.0.0-rc4 I get this error message at boot (for each of the 3 devices): > > > > > > [ 3.562301] r8169 0000:01:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): > > > rtl_chipcmd_cond == 1 (loop: 100, delay: 100). > > > > > > "ifconfig -a" shows ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff as MAC address for each of the > > > interfaces (see eth0 as example): > > > > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > > BROADCAST PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > > > > > The network interfaces cannot be brought up/used. > > > > > > The same device and setup did work with a previously used 3.18.0-rc5 > > > kernel. When I boot it with this 3.18.0-rc5 kernel everything i OK, > > > interfaces come up and work. > > > > Second, it is not entirely clear to me that what you're seeing is actually > > the same regression. Have you tested 4.0.0-rc4 with commit 593669c2ac0f > > reverted? > > > You are right, I was a bit quick about this conclusion. I based it on > Thomas Voegtle > bisect in http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pci/msg39014.html and my own > observation of the same problem situation with 4.0.0-rc4. > > Test Results: > > * Everything works fine before 593669c2ac0f, network interfaces are > available > and usable e.g. with 812dbd9. > > * The problem starts for me with 593669c2ac0f as, errors at boot, network > interfaces unusable as stated above. And it doesn't go away in 4.0-rc4 which indicates that the fixes applied so far do not work for you. Gerry, can you please help here? -- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
