Re: Realtek 8168D: no active link (2.6.29.2)

[Francois Romieu]

Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
[...]
> Indeed.  To follow up on this, as per my earlier email I left the machine
> disconnected from the mains all night - so it was truly "off" for about 9
> hours.  Just before coming to work I flicked it on and the "link" LED lit
> almost immediately.  So whatever the Realtek driver did, the resulting
> status would appear to be stored in some kind of non-volatile memory.  While
> it would appear that this has worked around the problem for me, it would be
> nice if the mainline driver could do this itself.

The attached patch is not complete but can you give it a try and check if
it makes a difference ?

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Ueimor

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