Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423559AbWJaTCq (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:02:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423795AbWJaTCq (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:02:46 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:53678 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1423559AbWJaTCp (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:02:45 -0500 X-Authenticated: #20450766 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:02:39 +0100 (CET) From: Guennadi Liakhovetski To: Francois Romieu cc: Linus Torvalds , Adrian Bunk , Andrew Morton , Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel Mailing List , tmattox@gmail.com, spiky.kiwi@gmail.com, r.bhatia@ipax.at Subject: Re: r8169 mac address change (was Re: [0/3] 2.6.19-rc2: known regressions) In-Reply-To: <20061030234425.GB6038@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Message-ID: References: <20061029223410.GA15413@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <20061030120158.GA28123@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <20061030234425.GB6038@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 977 Lines: 26 On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Francois Romieu wrote: > Guennadi Liakhovetski : > [...] > > The "seems" above was the key word. Once again I had a case, when after > > re-compiling the kernel again with the disabled call to > > __rtl8169_set_mac_addr only ping worked. And a power-off was required to > > recover. So, that phy_reset doesn't seem to be very safe either. > > Can you replace phy_reset by the patch below and try it twice ? > > It's interesting to know if it does not always behave the same. Well, with that one I booted 3 times, all 3 times it worked. I'll leave it in to see if it ever fails. So, what does it tell us about the set_mac_address thing? Thanks Guennadi --- Guennadi Liakhovetski - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/