Re: [Devil-linux-develop] RTL8169 bugs in 2.4.26

[Tim T. <t....@co...>]

Tim Tait wrote:

>
> Found this patch set for the RTL8169 for 2.4.26, no idea if it fixes 
> the problem but I'll try it if I can figure it out...
>
> A couple of questions:
> - Does DL support the "NMI" watchdog? Is that what that make 
> menuconfig pick is supposed to do? I had it on but it didn't seem to 
> do anyhing.
>
> - Where do I turn on the "magic" Alt-sysrq-T thingy? I see it being 
> turned on if  support in the init.d/boot script, so it must no be 
> comiled in cause the /proc... file does not exist.
>
> Thanks-
>
> Tim
>
> from message thread: 
> <http://oss.sgi.com/archives/netdev/2004-04/msg00341.html>
>
> ----------- from 
> <http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.4.x/2.4.26/README.txt> :
>
> This is an updated version of the r8169 patchset. The fix are directly
> included in the relevant patches.
>
> Apply/compile/test to vanilla 2.4.26 in following order:
>
>              file                   |               md5
> -------------------------------------+---------------------------------
> r8169-upgrade-to-2.6.4-rc2.patch      b3bc23560b2c642669c4aa4fb25f3572
> r8169-dma-api-tx.patch                a028c8710ed54d4447d9236f482b6c84
> r8169-dma-api-rx-buffers.patch        9d242d745b5054127d7a81587fbbb18c
> r8169-dma-api-tx-buffers.patch        7370aa7904228bbb19588b1ac18e283c
> r8169-rx_copybreak.patch              dd0a99f3d5cbba194af9ca2fe297b801
> r8169-mac-phy-version.patch           6430bfbbad8cb107975d61e4ffcf93a0
> r8169-init_one.patch                  d71baaee42398f173894b08a6e130dbf
> r8169-timer.patch                     de72e4825867f22f0b302edb985c9a02
> r8169-hw_start.patch                  8427a73de3f1c2c72f69da81dde0c9fc
> r8169-intr_mask.patch                 08d386707a2a67a0cddaf3d748df8ff2
> r8169-suspend.patch                   e7832871558326cf9e1a4d8a15cacfa5
> r8169-endianness.patch                e99ad19f62cca91e48a29f8fcd5f1ceb
> r8169-getstats.patch                  b36929bae4b35f6bd8fb6de356eb6475
> r8169-ethtool-introduction.patch      2323a525428cd8247e531116d7abbad0
> r8169-missing-static.patch            ab65bb8ffcab7695663e12b5349c5fe7
> r8169-barrier.patch                   81a6e52ff808abe0abd9678ea3ed465a
> r8169-kill-potential-busy-loop.patch  69cdc5de2f9c45d84b2921968d035363
> r8169-dac-10.patch                    b99a95566e141df52de6b63fc707905b
> r8169-irq-handler-status.patch        0a5b62497984acd4185e81a14226e37b
>
> Each patch must be applied on top of the preceeding one: there
> should be zero warning from the patch command. 

<http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.4.x/2.4.26/r8169-blob.tar.bz2>

These patches did the trick, works like a charm at gigabit speeds now. 
About 25% faster thoughput too than in 2.4.25 or stock 2.4.26!

I've never done a source tree patch submission before, so how does this 
patch get rolled into DL? Should the diffs be combined into one?

Tim