On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 16:32 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 18.01.2012, 15:03 +0000 schrieb Ben Hutchings: > > On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 15:15 +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: > > > Package: linux-2.6 > > > Version: 3.1.8-2 > > > Severity: normal > > > > suspending and resuming a lot, it happens once to me, that the network > > > device did not come back correctly. > > [...] > > > > Some of the RTL81xx gigabit Ethernet controllers need a firmware patch > > to be reliable. I can't tell whether you have one of these. Are there > > any kernel log messages about requesting a firmware file for the NIC? > > If so, does installing firmware-realtek fix the problem? > > There are no Linux messages requesting the firmware. OK. > And not being able > to trigger I probably just have to wait that it happens again. Can I > increase some log level to capture more information next time? Or since > this could be a firmware bug Linux cannot do anything about this? No, it's probably something that can be fixed in the driver. > $ dmesg | grep -i firmware > $ dmesg | grep 8169 > [ 1.109369] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded > [ 1.109417] r8169 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > [ 1.109452] r8169 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 > [ 1.109511] r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X > [ 1.110094] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RTL8168b/8111b at 0xffffc90000364000, 00:1e:8c:aa:1d:b5, XID 18000000 IRQ 41 [...] Right, this variant doesn't need a firmware patch. Please can you re-send your bug report to: Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@realtek.com>, Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com> and cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, 656331@bugs.debian.org Be sure to include the log messages from your second mail. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson
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