Bug#627704: Realtek Ethernet adapters (r8169 driver)

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 10:07:05PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 09:36:05PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 11:11 +0200, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:43:26AM -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > > Package: linux-2.6
> > > > Version: 2.6.32-34
> > > > Severity: important
> > > > 
> > > > The r8169 driver in this kernel version is missing important bug fixes
> > > > for the RTL8102E and RTL8168DP.
> > > 
> > > The card revision was already supported with the initial Squeeze kernel
> > > and everything is still working fine with the updated kernel for the
> > > following device:
> > 
> > What is the reported XID for this device?  Did you do all the regression
> > tests suggested in
> > <http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog/testing-new-hardware-support-for-debian-602.html>?
> 
> I performed all checks except the VLAN ones (for which I'm unsure what
> and how to test it).
 
Use vconfig to create a VLAN interface on top of the r8169 interface
(e.g. 'vconfig add eth0 2', creating interfacce eth0.2).  Do the same
on some other machine on the same LAN using the same VID.  Assign
addresses to the VLAN interfaces and try to pass traffic between them.

> The XID is 1c4000c0

Thanks.

Ben.

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