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Bug#431977: Realtek r8169 driver is not included by default for sparc64/smp kernels



On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 03:07:40PM +0200, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-sparc64-smp 
> Version: 2.6.18+6
> 
> Description :
> The realtek r8169 driver is not included by default in the 
> linux-image-2.6-sparc64-smp kernel package. Since this driver causes kernel 
> unaligned accesses, you will need to apply a fix, as proposed in Bug#430934 
> for it to be working. Once fixed, please include this driver into the next 
> linux-image package release.
> 

The bug#430934 has been fixed in 2.6.23-rc. Could you please enable the
r8169 module on sparc64/sparc64-smp in the 2.6.23-rc test packages?

I tested it successfully on an Ultrasparc 10.

Thanks.

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