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SubjectRe: r8169 mac address change (was Re: [0/3] 2.6.19-rc2: known regressions)
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Francois Romieu wrote:

> Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> :
> [...]
> > 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
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Guennadi Liakhovetski
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