2.6.21.5+1small patch: not blocking [was: Re: r8169: 2.6.22rc6+patches works, but 2.6.21.5 and 2.6.22rc6 without patches-network transfer blocking]

2007-06-29 Thread Jens Stroebel
Francois Romieu wrote: Jens Stroebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [...] Would it be possible to apply the single patch to 2.6.21.5 and get a working driver? Mantra: mainline first, stable later. hm .. OK. In the next future, most of this patchset will hopefully go into 2.6.23-rc1. Some people

r8169: 2.6.22rc6+patches works, but 2.6.21.5 and 2.6.22rc6 without patches-network transfer blocking

2007-06-28 Thread Jens Stroebel
Hello. The hardware involved: Motherboard: Asus P5B lspci: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) First the non-working scenario (2.6.21.5, 2.6.22rc6 unpatched): During the use of

Re: r8169: 2.6.22rc6+patches works, but 2.6.21.5 and 2.6.22rc6 without patches-network transfer blocking

2007-06-28 Thread Francois Romieu
Jens Stroebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [...] Is there any possibility to get this fix working in 2.6.21.5? Would it be possible to apply the single patch to 2.6.21.5 and get a working driver? Or would it be possible to create the fixing patch for the driver in 2.6.21.5? Mantra: mainline first,