Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754890AbZCIU3X (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:29:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752999AbZCIU3K (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:29:10 -0400 Received: from aun.it.uu.se ([130.238.12.36]:65341 "EHLO aun.it.uu.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752785AbZCIU3J (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:29:09 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 21:29:01 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <200903092029.n29KT1DS004531@harpo.it.uu.se> From: Mikael Pettersson To: romieu@fr.zoreil.com Subject: [BUG] 2.6.29-rc7 broke r8169 MAC on Thecus n2100 ARM board Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1981 Lines: 41 With the 2.6.29-rc7 kernel I'm unable to 'ifup' eth0 on my ARM-based Thecus n2100 NAS box, which has an RTL8169 NIC (10ec:8169 (rev 10)). A diff of the kernel logs from 2.6.29-rc6 and -rc7 shows that -rc7 first mangles and then zaps the MAC addresses: --- dmesg-2.6.29-rc6 2009-03-09 20:27:49.000000000 +0100 +++ dmesg-2.6.29-rc7 2009-03-09 20:25:54.000000000 +0100 @@ -145,11 +145,13 @@ r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded r8169 0000:00:01.0: enabling Mem-Wr-Inval r8169 0000:00:01.0: no PCI Express capability -eth0: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xe080c200, 00:14:fd:30:11:78, XID 10000000 IRQ 27 +r8169 0000:00:01.0: MAC address found in EEPROM: 00:14:fd:10:00:00 +eth0: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xe080c200, 00:00:00:00:00:00, XID 10000000 IRQ 27 r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded r8169 0000:00:02.0: enabling Mem-Wr-Inval r8169 0000:00:02.0: no PCI Express capability -eth1: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xe0810300, 00:14:fd:30:11:79, XID 10000000 IRQ 30 +r8169 0000:00:02.0: MAC address found in EEPROM: 00:14:fd:10:00:00 +eth1: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xe0810300, 00:00:00:00:00:00, XID 10000000 IRQ 30 Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods sata_sil 0000:00:03.0: version 2.4 sata_sil 0000:00:03.0: Applying R_ERR on DMA activate FIS errata fix @@ -242,6 +244,4 @@ EXT3 FS on sda5, internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Adding 2008116k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2008116k -r8169: eth0: link up -r8169: eth0: link up warning: `dbus-daemon' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use) Reverting 6709fe9a27e43a4931938fe0d7f2cc5edef31386 "r8169: read MAC address from EEPROM on init (2nd attempt)" fixes the problem on this machine. /Mikael -- 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/