Bug#573007: NIC r8169 doesn t start at restart on kernel linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (workaround)

[Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr>]

Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:

> This is now being handled upstream and there is a proposed fix.  We will
> apply that once it has been tested across a range of RTL8169-family
> chips.

Thank you. If it can be of some help, I may test something. I am
currently using upstream 2.6.32 compiled with make-kpkg on lenny. My
Ethernet chip is RTL8111D according to the motherboard manual, and the
MB itself is Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5.

'lspci -v' says:

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device e000
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 35
        I/O ports at ae00 [size=256]
        Memory at fb6ff000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Memory at fb6f8000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at fb600000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
        Capabilities: [ac] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=4
        Capabilities: [cc] Vital Product Data <?>
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-e0-4c-68-00-00-00-03
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169

[ About the script I posted, if anyone wants to use it in the meantime:
  I noticed one can be more specific by replacing the "ifup/ifdown -a"
  calls with "ifup/ifdown $interfaces". ]

Regards,

-- 
Florent