Realtek RTL8111B fc6 problems

[dragoran]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 10:26 +0100, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
>   
>>> - downloaded kernel-2.6.18-1.2747.fc6.src.rpm
>>> - install the src.rpm
>>> - changed spec file putting 1 only in
>>> %define buildsmp 1
>>> and
>>> %define includexen 1
>>> - done an rpmbuild -bp
>>> - applied the further patch you outlined r8169.c
>>> - gone into /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i386/
>>> - make
>>> - make modules_install
>>> - copy under /boot of the vmlinuz file generated
>>> - mkinitrd for the new kernel
>>> - reboot
>>>       
>> +1 for posting solutions.... thanks.
>>     
>
>
> btw the entire "copy and make an initrd" step can be shortened to
>
> make install
>
>
> that copies all needed files, makes an initrd and also adds the new
> kernel to grub (or lilo if that's your preferred poison)
>
>   
in this case a complete rebuild isn't needed anyway:
download linux-2.6.18.1 from kernel.org
extract
apply the patch
edit the makefile in drivers/net so that it looks like this:
obj-m += r8169.o
cd into the drivers/net dir
do make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=$PWD modules
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=$PWD modules_install
/sbin/depmod -a
works fine here
lspci -vvv:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Inventec Corporation Unknown device 0040
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- 
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
        Region 0: I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at cc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at c4000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA 
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME+
        Capabilities: [48] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ 
Queue=0/1 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [60] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
                Device: Supported: MaxPayload 1024 bytes, PhantFunc 0, 
ExtTag+
                Device: Latency L0s <1us, L1 unlimited
                Device: AtnBtn+ AtnInd+ PwrInd+
                Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x4, ASPM L0s, Port 0
                Link: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
                Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
                Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
        Capabilities: [84] Vendor Specific Information
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [12c] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [148] Device Serial Number 68-81-ec-10-00-00-00-1e
        Capabilities: [154] Power Budgeting