Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org> : > On 12 May 2016 at 16:09, Francois Romieu <rom...@fr.zoreil.com> wrote: [...] > By resurrecting 353176888386, I mean the patch that changes the > default for PCI express devices, so I think we are in agreement here ?
Almost 353176888386: please modify it so that there's no change of behavior for mac_version < RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_18. It will avoid a bit more than the plain old PCI chipsets, including the one that caused 353176888386 reversal as well as a few one that I don't feel confortable with due to their vicinity with the original 8169. [...] > > A few news from the "pathologically better safe than sorry" squad: > > I have switched the default on a couple of non-critical production > > servers that include 8168c (RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_22). It should give an hint > > for hardware from 2008 ~ 2009. I'll do some basic sanity testing with > > different chipsets. > > > > Thanks for testing that. In the mean time, I will dust off the patch > and rebase it to today's -next. 8106e (RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_39) doesn't exhibit any difference of behavior either. -- Ueimor
