Ubuntu
linux package

  1. Bug #288845
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 288845

Revision history for this message
Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

Thanks Prem Rara. The patch referenced is in the upstream mainline kernel. Unfortunately it didn't make it into the Intrepid Ibex 2.6.27 kernel. I'll open both an Intrepid and Hardy nomination for the kernel team to consider backporting. Thanks.

ogasawara@yoji:~/linux-2.6$ git log 523a609496dbc3897e530db2a2f27650d125ea00
commit 523a609496dbc3897e530db2a2f27650d125ea00
Author: Francois Romieu <email address hidden>
Date: Wed Sep 10 22:28:56 2008 +0200

    r8169: fix RxMissed register access

    - the register is defined for the 8169 chipset only and there is
      no 8169 beyond RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_06.
    - only the lower 3 bytes of the register are valid

    Fixes:
    1. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10180
    2. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11062 (bits of)

    Tested by Hermann Gausterer and Adam Huffman.

    Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <email address hidden>
    Cc: Edward Hsu <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <email address hidden>