Re: 2.6.27.19 + 28.7: network timeouts for r8169 and 8139too

From: Krzysztof Halasa
Date: Wed May 13 2009 - 15:34:31 EST


Michael Riepe <michael.riepe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> How do lspci and dmesg report the chip? For mine, lspci says it's a
> "RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)" while
> the kernel reports "RTL8168c/8111c at 0xffffc200000f6000,
> 00:1c:c0:b6:1a:4a, XID 3c4000c0".

Sure, that's the same chip I think.

> This reminds me of the early ATA/USB bridges from Genesys Logic... many
> revisions, and each one broken in a different way. :-(

This seems like the same revision. I'm not very convinced it's the RTL
chip which is buggy.
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Krzysztof Halasa
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