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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:35:33 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ismael Luceno <ismael@iodev.co.uk>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Intel e1000e driver bug on stable (6.9.x)
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On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 10:33:19PM +0200, Ismael Luceno wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed that the NIC started to fail on a couple of notebooks [0]
> [1] after upgrading to 6.9.1.
> 
> I tracked down the problem to commit 861e8086029e ("e1000e: move force
> SMBUS from enable ulp function to avoid PHY loss issue", 2024-03-03),
> included in all 6.9.x releases.
> 
> The fix is in commit bfd546a552e1 ("e1000e: move force SMBUS near
> the end of enable_ulp function", 2024-05-28) from mainline.
> 
> The NIC fails right after boot on both systems I tried; I mention
> because the description is a bit unclear about that on the fix, maybe
> other systems are affected differently.
> 
> Best regards.
> 
> 
> [0] HP ZBook 17 Gen 1 (D5D93AV) [8086:153a (rev 04)]
> [1] Lenovo Thinkpad P15 Gen 1 [8086:0d4c]
> 

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h