Re: Linux 2.6.27-git3: rtl8169 oops and wireless missing symbols

From: J.A. MagallÃn
Date: Mon Oct 13 2008 - 20:30:22 EST


On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:24:29 +0200, "J.A. MagallÃn" <jamagallon@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:12:28 -0700 (PDT), David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: "J.A. MagallÃn" <jamagallon@xxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:02:02 +0200
> >
> > > Booting .27-git3 on the Aspire One gave me a couple oopses.
> >
> > Fixed by:
> >
> > commit 738e1e694bf6d9e965ba0ce2667a1bec5780a172
> > Author: Petr Vandrovec <petr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Sun Oct 12 20:58:29 2008 -0700
> >
> > r8169: NULL pointer dereference on r8169 load
> >
> > mmio_addr in r8169 needs to be initialized before use
> >
> > Maybe that all tp-> initialization should be moved before rtl_init_mac_address call,
> > but this is enough to get rid of crash in rtl_rar_set due to mmio_addr being uninitialized.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Petr Vandrovec <petr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
> > index bdae2c5..c821da2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
> > @@ -2154,6 +2154,8 @@ rtl8169_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
> >
> > spin_lock_init(&tp->lock);
> >
> > + tp->mmio_addr = ioaddr;
> > +
> > rtl_init_mac_address(tp, ioaddr);
> >
> > /* Get MAC address */
> > @@ -2186,7 +2188,6 @@ rtl8169_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
> > #endif
> >
> > tp->intr_mask = 0xffff;
> > - tp->mmio_addr = ioaddr;
> > tp->align = cfg->align;
> > tp->hw_start = cfg->hw_start;
> > tp->intr_event = cfg->intr_event;
> >
>
> Thanks, this cured the rtl8169 part.

Mmm, spoke too fast. It loads, but:

Oct 14 02:27:45 one kernel: r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
Oct 14 02:27:45 one kernel: r8169 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
Oct 14 02:27:45 one kernel: r8169 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Oct 14 02:27:45 one kernel: eth0: RTL8102e at 0xdfffe000, 00:00:00:00:00:00, XID 24a00000 IRQ 219
Oct 14 02:27:45 one ifplugd(eth0)[5087]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
Oct 14 02:27:45 one ifplugd(eth0)[5087]: Using interface eth0/00:00:00:00:00:00 with driver <r8169> (version: 2.3LK-NAPI)
Oct 14 02:27:45 one ifplugd(eth0)[5087]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL
Oct 14 02:27:45 one ifplugd(eth0)[5087]: Initialization complete, link beat detected.
Oct 14 02:27:45 one ifplugd(eth0)[5087]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up'.
Oct 14 02:27:46 one ifplugd(eth0)[5087]: client: Determining IP information for eth0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address
Oct 14 02:27:46 one ifplugd(eth0)[5087]: client: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address


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