From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francois Romieu Subject: Re: r8169 not working under latest kernels Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 00:57:35 +0200 Message-ID: <20130516225735.GB20140@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <6901a7785249816fe13a98e3c0b35127@visp.net.lb> <678d818cc06d1da382dc14397ad41c7e@visp.net.lb> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: hayeswang , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Denys Fedoryshchenko Return-path: Received: from violet.fr.zoreil.com ([92.243.8.30]:38104 "EHLO violet.fr.zoreil.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754308Ab3EPW5m (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 May 2013 18:57:42 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <678d818cc06d1da382dc14397ad41c7e@visp.net.lb> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Denys Fedoryshchenko : > On 2013-05-13 14:59, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote: [...] > >Noticed on 32-builds of my systems that r8169 is not working > >anymore at all. > >Problem started to occur somewhere after 3.6 kernels, but it is > >difficult to try other kernels on this semi-embedded system, and i am > >not completely sure about that. > >Once i used another OS build, but 64-bit build with same latest > >kernel, and it worked. [...] > It is not only for that model, i faced this problem for many realtek > cards. Probably as i mentioned something specific (such as ifplugd > interface polling) causing that, but it is making almost all r8169 > cards unusable for me. 32-bit built KO vs 64-bit built OK does not ring a bell. I must go to bed now but your .config and 32-bit r8169.ko will be welcome. Thanks. -- Ueimor