Re: [RFT] r8169 changes against 2.6.23-rc3

Francois Romieu wrote:

The latest serie of r8169 changes is available against 2.6.23-rc3 as:
http://www.fr.zoreil.com/people/francois/misc/20070818-2.6.23-rc3-r8169-test.patch 

or (tarball sits one level higher):

http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.23-rc3/r8169-20070818/

or (rebase prone branch)

git://electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com/home/romieu/linux-2.6.git#r8169
 
Please do not clone your whole git kernel tree from here, thanks.

Changes (most recent first):

- eeprom read support
- phy init cleanup
- PHY init for the 8168
- make room for more PHY init changes
- remove dead wood
- add MAC identifiers
- MSI support
- correct phy parameters for the 8110SC

The first patch of the serie ("correct phy parameters for the 8110SC") has
been elaborated with Edward Hsu from Realtek and it should help some owners
of 8169 chipsets. If there is no report of regression for it on any
chispet and it is reported to fix someone's problems, I will send it to
Jeff Garzik for inclusion in 2.6.23 as a bugfix.

Anything else in this serie has not been tested on a wide scale nor acked
by the manufacturer: I consider it post 2.6.23 material. That being said,
the MSI changes seem fine and the "PHY init for the 8168" patch could make
a difference for the users of the 8168 whose link is not properly
negotiated.

Success and failure reports or patches will be welcome. Please Cc: netdev
and include "r8169" in the Subject.

Tested 2.6.23-rc3 plus your patch on my dual-R8169 mini-ITX Jetway 
J7F4K1G2E mainboard.  No problems to report.