On 29.12.2018 12:46, Norbert Jurkeit wrote: > Am 29.12.18 um 03:48 schrieb Florian Fainelli: >> Heiner; are you positive that the PHY is not in a power down mode >> (BMCR.PDOWN = 1) at the time the r8169 probe is done? Because if that >> was the case, there is no guarantee (per 802.3 clause 22 spec) that the >> PHY must correctly respond to MDIO operations other than read/write to >> BMCR register and this could explain that problem, as well as the >> general lack of connectivity for these users. > > This is a good point, at least in my case. My RTL8111 interface is connected > to a Wifi router which is normally located out of sight when I sit in front > of my PC, otherwise I might have noticed this earlier: > > When I reboot from kernel 4.18.18 the LAN port status LED turns off at the > end of the shutdown sequence and remains off with most 4.19.* kernels until > "rmmod r8169; modprobe r8169" is issued. > > When I shutdown&poweroff from kernel 4.18.18 the LED of course also turns off > but lights up immediately after the PC power button is pressed. The network > then comes up successfully with all tested 4.19.* kernels. > > When I reboot from kernel 4.19.* the LED does NOT turn off during shutdown > (only for about 1s during boot shortly before the login screen appears) and > the network also comes up successfully with all 4.19.* kernels. > > > @Heiner: I hope that helps, otherwise please let me know if I should do more > testing. > Good to know, I'll check. In this context, do you have Wake-on-LAN enabled? IOW, what does "ethtool <if>" state in line "Wake-on:" ?
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