Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] r8169: don't use MSI-X on RTL8106e | From | Heiner Kallweit <> | Date | Thu, 16 Aug 2018 21:50:48 +0200 |
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On 16.08.2018 21:39, David Miller wrote: > From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 21:37:31 +0200 > >> On 16.08.2018 21:21, David Miller wrote: >>> From: <jian-hong@endlessm.com> >>> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:21:10 +0800 >>> >>>> Found the ethernet network on ASUS X441UAR doesn't come back on resume >>>> from suspend when using MSI-X. The chip is RTL8106e - version 39. >>> >>> Heiner, please take a look at this. >>> >>> You recently disabled MSI-X on RTL8168g for similar reasons. >>> >>> Now that we've seen two chips like this, maybe there is some other >>> problem afoot. >>> >> Thanks for the hint. I saw it already and just contacted Realtek >> whether they are aware of any MSI-X issues with particular chip >> versions. With the chip versions I have access to MSI-X works fine. >> >> There's also the theoretical option that the issues are caused by >> broken BIOS's. But so far only chip versions have been reported >> which are very similar, at least with regard to version number >> (2x VER_40, 1x VER_39). So they may share some buggy component. >> >> Let's see whether Realtek can provide some hint. >> If more chip versions are reported having problems with MSI-X, >> then we could switch to a whitelist or disable MSI-X in general. > > It could be that we need to reprogram some register(s) on resume, > which normally might not be needed, and that is what is causing the > problem with some chips. > Indeed. That's what I'm checking with Realtek. In the register list in the r8169 driver there's one entry which seems to indicate that there are MSI-X specific settings. However this register isn't used, and the r8168 vendor driver uses only MSI. And there are no public datasheets.
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