Re: Linux 2.6.7-rc2

[Francois Romieu]

Danny ter Haar <dth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
[...
> Ethernet stopped working (for me) going from 2.6.7-rc1-bk3 to 2.6.7-rc2.
> AMD64/asusK8V with onboard ethernet.
[...]
> 2.6.7-rc1-bk3 worked like intended.

The patch below was applied between 2.6.7-rc1-bk3 and 2.6.7-rc1-bk4.

How does your kernel perform if you patch -R ?


diff -Nru a/drivers/net/sk98lin/skvpd.c b/drivers/net/sk98lin/skvpd.c
--- a/drivers/net/sk98lin/skvpd.c	2004-05-28 01:13:08 -07:00
+++ b/drivers/net/sk98lin/skvpd.c	2004-05-28 01:13:08 -07:00
@@ -468,6 +468,17 @@
 	
 	pAC->vpd.vpd_size = vpd_size;
 
+	/* Asus K8V Se Deluxe bugfix. Correct VPD content */
+	/* MBo April 2004 */
+	if (((unsigned char)pAC->vpd.vpd_buf[0x3f] == 0x38) &&
+	    ((unsigned char)pAC->vpd.vpd_buf[0x40] == 0x3c) &&
+	    ((unsigned char)pAC->vpd.vpd_buf[0x41] == 0x45)) {
+		printk("sk98lin: Asus mainboard with buggy VPD? "
+				"Correcting data.\n");
+		pAC->vpd.vpd_buf[0x40] = 0x38;
+	}
+
+
 	/* find the end tag of the RO area */
 	if (!(r = vpd_find_para(pAC, VPD_RV, &rp))) {
 		SK_DBG_MSG(pAC, SK_DBGMOD_VPD, SK_DBGCAT_ERR | SK_DBGCAT_FATAL,

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