Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423856AbWJaXiS (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:38:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423861AbWJaXiR (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:38:17 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:46288 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1423856AbWJaXiQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:38:16 -0500 X-Authenticated: #20450766 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 00:37:56 +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, Darren Salt , Syed Azam , Lennert Buytenhek Subject: Re: r8169 mac address change (was Re: [0/3] 2.6.19-rc2: known regressions) In-Reply-To: <20061031230538.GA4329@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> <20061031230538.GA4329@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: 1365 Lines: 35 On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Francois Romieu wrote: > Guennadi Liakhovetski : > > > in to see if it ever fails. So, what does it tell us about the > > set_mac_address thing? > > It tells nothing more about the set_mac_address thing. If people need > MAC address change support, I can surely hack something and keep a > patch for future reference. Imho it is anything but 2.6.19 material > though. Aha, ok, thanks. Just noticed that the set_mac_address has been reverted in -rc4, so, that's resolved. Good. > Your computer was good at spotting issues with the MAC address stuff, > so it was the perfect candidate to test pending fixes for different > problems. As you noticed, it was not exactly safe to feed the MII > control register with some potentially uninitialized stuff, whence > the patch from yesterday. Glad it was useful. I have to warn you though, that that "computer" is not very actively used ATM and doesn't stay on for too long. However, if you can suggest a way to stress test that phy reset thingie, I could run some overnight test. 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/