Re: v4.15-rc2 on thinkpad x60: ethernet stopped working

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >> >In v4.15-rc2+, network manager can not see my ethernet card, and
> >> >manual attempts to ifconfig it up did not really help, either.
> >> >
> >> >Card is:
> >> >
> >> >02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet
> >> >Controller
> > ....
> >> >Any ideas ?
> >> 
> >> Yes , 19110cfbb34d4af0cdfe14cd243f3b09dc95b013 broke it.
> >> 
> >> See:
> >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198047
> >> 
> >> Fix there :
> >> https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=151272209903675&w=2
> > 
> > I don't see the patch in latest mainline. Not having ethernet
> > is... somehow annoying. What is going on there?
> 
> Generally speaking, e1000 maintainence has been handled very poorly over
> the past few years, I have to say.
> 
> Fixes take forever to propagate even when someone other than the
> maintainer provides a working and tested fix, just like this case.
> 
> Jeff, please take e1000 maintainence seriously and get these critical
> bug fixes propagated.

No response AFAICT. I guess I should test reverting
19110cfbb34d4af0cdfe14cd243f3b09dc95b013, then ask you for revert?

									Pavel
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