Commited to Intrepid by the following patches:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-intrepid.git;a=commitdiff;h=14cb649fc54c2b6145d29fe9c363b05e6d699b26
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-intrepid.git;a=commitdiff;h=30bca41a7d5c00881fd28452208b75847648d1b0
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-intrepid.git;a=commitdiff;h=9850529711c6f7f70e0cc470eedf4f18051ea2fd
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-intrepid.git;a=commitdiff;h=f31534810ba83c1ae563eed619dc49c0cb983db4
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-intrepid.git;a=commitdiff;h=c89d721cb5eafa50e82e76744953fd907d0420f5
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Intrepid)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
Status: New => Fix Committed
** Description changed:
+ SRU justification:
+
+ Impact: This was reported as a regression against Intrepid. The change that
most likely caused this was a fix (which was now asked for Hardy by another
user) to remove access to a certain register for cards other than 8169.
Unfortunately the code uses in some cases the PCI information but in other
cases the MAC version to decide how to handle a card. For those cards in
question the 8101 code is used to initialize the cards hardware but for other
aspects the unknown MAC causes it to be handled as a 8169 card.
+ The fact that those cards worked before seems to be pure luck.
+
+ Fix: The following 5 patches taken from upstream adds proper support for
+ those cards.
+
+ Testcase: Networking was impossible before and has been verified to be
+ working after by several users.
+
Hi
Installed Intrepid (from Kubuntu desktop CD) on mini-ITX computer with
Intel 945GC and ICH7 chipset (Intel Atom processor) and on board RTL8102
Ethernet LAN (v.similar to Netbook type setups). Installation all works
as expected (i.e. quick, easy, everything just works). Updated via Adept
(configured as default). Restarted computer.
Ethernet no longer functions. Specific observed symptoms: everything
seems to work; NetworkManager sees device and tries to configure it.
Manually configing device in /etc/network/interfaces and restarting
gives no errors. ifconfig shows config is as expected. Pinging anything
other than localhost (either 127.0.0.1 or static IP address) fails with
"network unreachable". Interesting snippet - ifconfig shows lots and
lots of rx dropped packets and a few tx dropped packets. Log entries
state r8169 link up.
sudo modprobe -r r8169 && modprobe r8169 gives "failed with error -22"
Restarting and using grub menu to boot with 2.27-7 causes NIC to
function again.
This is what is known in the trade as a show-stopper as people with
little technical knowledge would have been presented with a useless
system which they would be unable to update any further.
It is of course possible that I am only person using this particular
Jetway NC91 motherboard (highly unlikely) or that the manufacturer has
done something outside of reference specs such that this problem is
rare.
Recommend release patched kernel ASAP or finding some way of alerting
users of this problem.
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2.6.27.11 kernel breaks r8169 support for rtl8102e
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326891
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