Jens Stroebel [off-list ref] :
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It seems like the patch is able to change things in a way which makes
the machine lock up hard. Pity that, looked so promising at first...

As a 8168 user, you should really apply the serie I sent yesterday before
anything else. Then you can try again this patch.

Can you publish your .config somewhere ?

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Ueimor