From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762006AbZEMWD7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 May 2009 18:03:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761606AbZEMWDk (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 May 2009 18:03:40 -0400 Received: from electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com ([213.41.134.224]:52322 "EHLO electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755271AbZEMWDj (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 May 2009 18:03:39 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 00:04:36 +0200 From: Francois Romieu To: Jonathan Woithe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8168D: no active link (2.6.29.2) Message-ID: <20090513220436.GD729@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <200905091403.n49E3fb5025843@mercury.physics.adelaide.edu.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200905091403.n49E3fb5025843@mercury.physics.adelaide.edu.au> X-Organisation: Land of Sunshine Inc. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jonathan Woithe : [...] > I am currently testing a Gigabyte EX58-UD4P mainboard which is equipped with > an onboard Realtek RTL-8168D network controller. The kernel version is > 2.6.29.2. The r8169 module is loaded correctly, identifies the chip as an > 8168D and seemingly is happy. However, after loading the module the link > remains dead. The green and orange status LEDs remain off at all times. Which XID does it display in dmesg when the module is inserted and which behavior do you experience with version 8.011.00 of Realtek's r8168 driver ? -- Ueimor