Re: r8169 only works in promisc mode

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 15:26:16 +0100
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 10.03.2019 15:18, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Sat, 9 Mar 2019 10:33:40 +0100
> > Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 09.03.2019 03:16, Alex Xu (Hello71) wrote:  
> >>> After suspending, my r8169 (not actually 8169, just that driver) only 
> >>> receives packets when in promiscuous mode. I have tried disabling all 
> >>> offload features except highdma [fixed], and it doesn't fix the issue.
> >>>
> >>> I am using torvalds/linux, compiled about two days ago (not sure which 
> >>> commit). I think this happened after a recent upgrade (some time in the 
> >>> past week). Given the long testing cycle, I don't really want to bisect; 
> >>> I am hoping someone has some idea of where the issue could be.
> >>>     
> >> The provided information isn't enough to say anything. Please create a
> >> bug ticket in bugzilla. Needed information:
> >> - Last working and first failing kernel version (as reported by uname -a)
> >> - Is 5.0 ok?
> >> - Full dmesg log
> >> - lspci -vv output for the network card
> >> - If the issue happens only after resume from suspend, diff of the
> >>   chip registers (ethtool -d) before and after suspend.
> >> - Does removing / reloading the r8169 module fix the issue?
> >>  
> >>> Please CC me on replies.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Alex.
> >>>     
> >> Heiner  
> > 
> > Bugzilla is not really used by Linux network developers.
> > I just filter/forward mail from bugzilla into netdev.
> >   
> To make sure I understand you correctly:
> Are you just saying "network developers don't actively scan bugzilla"
> or do you want to say that bugzilla shouldn't be used in general for
> netdev bugs/issues? What would be the right tool then?

both.

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