On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 15:55:19 +0300, Dmitry Baryshev wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 > Version: 2.6.32-9 > Severity: important This is very old. > I have Realtek ethernet controller on VIA system: > > 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) > > With 2.6.32 it had problems with IRQ: > > [ 19.000671] r8169: eth0: link up > [ 19.000718] r8169: eth0: link up > [ 19.300868] irq 16: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option) > [ 19.300882] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G C 2.6.32-3-686 #1 > [ 19.300888] Call Trace: > [ 19.300902] [<c106d4e1>] ? __report_bad_irq+0x24/0x69 > [ 19.300910] [<c106d4e8>] ? __report_bad_irq+0x2b/0x69 > [ 19.300920] [<c106d60d>] ? note_interrupt+0xe7/0x13e > [ 19.300929] [<c106db3b>] ? handle_fasteoi_irq+0x7a/0x97 > [ 19.300941] [<c10053cf>] ? handle_irq+0x17/0x1b > [ 19.300949] [<c1004c51>] ? do_IRQ+0x38/0x89 > [ 19.300958] [<c10037f0>] ? common_interrupt+0x30/0x38 > [ 19.300973] [<c101b074>] ? native_safe_halt+0x2/0x3 > [ 19.300982] [<c1008ebb>] ? default_idle+0x3c/0x5a > [ 19.300990] [<c1002388>] ? cpu_idle+0x89/0xa5 > [ 19.301004] [<c13a3800>] ? start_kernel+0x30c/0x311 > [ 19.301009] handlers: > [ 19.301013] [<f839b848>] (rtl8169_interrupt+0x0/0x283 [r8169]) > > I added "irqpoll" option to the kernel command line. IRQ problem seems to be > gone, but know controller doesn't work. I can see it in ifconfig, but it's > MAC address is "00:00:00:00:00:0f" (should be "00-21-11-00-00-0f"). My > router assignes DHCP addresses according to client's MAC, and after > upgrading to 2.6.32 I cannot get DHCP address. I can add rules for > "00:00:00:00:00:0f" on my router, but nevertheless, ethernet controller > cannot get DHCP address again. It seems to be a r8169 bug in 2.6.32. I've > backported some changes from 2.6.34, and now my controller works fine. > Backports are in attached patch. It will be great to backport all bugfixes > from .34 (AFAIU, it must be done in upstream, since .32 is an LTS). > Please upgrade the kernel, there were r8169 fixes in 2.6.32-13. Cheers, Julien
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