Richard Dawe [off-list ref] :
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I started working on adding netif_msg checks to the printks. How far 
have you got? I don't want to duplicate your work.

None so far. Go wild.

Incidentally, is there a to-do list somewhere for the r8169 driver? 

(without priority)

- validate suspend/resume/wol

- fix the dac issues on x64
  Weird. Pita. Status needs to be updated.

- push jumbo frames beyond 7k
  see with Jon Mason

- merge with the 8139cp driver
  always interrupted but I have not given up

- fix the gcc 2.95.x miscompilations
  people upgrade their compiler and return to real life before it can be
  diagnosed. It should not be hard but I have not had the time to install
  a broken debian to reproduce it so far :o(

- benchmark/improve the performances
  Executive summary by Lennert Buytenhek: it sucks. If someone could identify
  where the bottleneck is with hard numbers...

- harvest the hopeless r8169 users on the web
  time consuming like hell but it really helps to figure if things are
  stable or not.

- backport to 2.4
  RSN. Pending queue is available here and will be pushed once 2.6.x is
  up-to-date.

- ask Ben Greear if he still experiences keyboard issues with its laptop
  when he uses the r8169 driver
  Pending for 5 months... Ahem.

Maybe I can help out with some of the things.

Figure what's wrong with M. Gardiol setup ?

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Ueimor