Cmnt: [PATCH 0/1][SRU][Orauclar] Support for RTL8126A rev.b

ivanhu ivan.hu at canonical.com
Thu Oct 17 03:01:35 UTC 2024


There is a follow-up commit,
     r8169: add missing MODULE_FIRMWARE entry for RTL8126A rev.b
     
     Add a missing MODULE_FIRMWARE entry.
     
     Fixes: 69cb89981c7a ("r8169: add support for RTL8126A rev.b")
which I think should also be applied.


On 2024/10/15 18:51, You-Sheng Yang wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2079017
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> Need driver support for Realtek RTL8126A rev.b 5Gbps ethernet.
> 
>    $ lspci -vvnn
>    ...
>    81:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8126] (rev 01)
>            Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0d09]
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> * kernel:
>    - v6.12-rc1 commit 69cb89981c7a ("r8169: add support for RTL8126A rev.b").
> * firmware:
>    - commit d75c2bd6f ("rtl_nic: add firmware rtl8126a-3")
> 
> [Test Case]
> 
> Ethernet link up and available.
> 
>    $ dmesg
>    ...
>    r8169 0000:81:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
>    r8169 0000:81:00.0 eth0: RTL8126A, d0:46:0c:93:eb:e2, XID 64a, IRQ 139
>    r8169 0000:81:00.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9194 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
>    r8169 0000:81:00.0 enp129s0: renamed from eth0
>    RTL8251B 5Gbps PHY r8169-0-8100:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-0-8100:00, irq=MAC)
>    r8169 0000:81:00.0 enp129s0: Link is Up
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> 
> New device. Expect further updates.
> 
> [Other Info]
> 
> Targets v6.11+ kernels. Nominate for linux/o, oem-6.11/n, linux-firmware/n.
> 
> ChunHao Lin (1):
>    r8169: add support for RTL8126A rev.b
> 
>   drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.h          |  1 +
>   drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c     | 42 ++++++++++++-------
>   .../net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_phy_config.c   |  1 +
>   3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 



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