Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Dec 2012 12:44:01 +0100 | From | Francois Romieu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3]realtek:r8169: Bugfix or workaround for missing extended GigaMAC registers settings |
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Wang YanQing <udknight@gmail.com> : [...] > @@ -6903,6 +6903,14 @@ rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) > dev->dev_addr[i] = RTL_R8(MAC0 + i); > memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len); > > + /* > + *This is a fix for BIOS forget to set > + *extend GigaMAC registers > + *Wang YanQing 12/1/2012 > + */
This part will go into the changelog.
> + if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_34) { > + rtl_rar_set(tp, dev->dev_addr); > + }
rtl_rar_set already includes a RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_34 test and non-8168evl devices are already able to stand an extra MAC{0, 4} write. I'll check it does not hurt on different 81xx devices and submit an update.
Thanks.
-- Ueimor
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