Re: [PATCH v2 net] r8169: don't use MSI-X on RTL8106e

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Aug 19 2018 - 14:01:47 EST


From: Jian-Hong Pan <jian-hong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:07:35 +0800

> Found the ethernet network on ASUS X441UAR doesn't come back on resume
> from suspend when using MSI-X. The chip is RTL8106e - version 39.
...
> Here is the ethernet controller in detail:
...
> Falling back to MSI fixes the issue.
>
> Fixes: 6c6aa15fdea5 ("r8169: improve interrupt handling")
> Signed-off-by: Jian-Hong Pan <jian-hong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Make the commit message shorter
> - Add "Fixes" tag in the commit message

I'm going to apply this for now, and queue it up for -stable.

If we hear back from Realtek on something we can do to make MSI-X
work on these chips, we can deal with it as a follow-up.

Thanks.