Bug 1630268 - r8169 network driver does not work on 4.18 kernel
Summary: r8169 network driver does not work on 4.18 kernel
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 28
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-09-18 09:55 UTC by John Mev
Modified: 2018-09-24 13:00 UTC (History)
17 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2018-09-24 13:00:59 UTC
Type: Bug
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results of some tests (4.30 KB, text/plain)
2018-09-18 09:55 UTC, John Mev
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Description John Mev 2018-09-18 09:55:48 UTC
Created attachment 1484328 [details]
results of some tests

Description of problem:

r8169 network driver does not work on 4.18 kernel

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Upgrade from 4.17 to 4.18 kernel


Steps to Reproduce:
1. open terminal
2. ping localhost : it works
3. ping router or elesewhere does not work neither displays the number of packets sent.

Actual results:


Expected results:
connect worldwide

Additional info:
Tried also to replace the r8169.ko by the one from 4.17. does not work either.

Comment 1 Jeremy Cline 2018-09-18 13:40:47 UTC
Hi John,

Can you see if it's also present on the latest rawhide kernel[0]? There were a handful of r8169 fixes in the last week which haven't filtered back to stable yet.

[0] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1145280

Comment 2 John Mev 2018-09-22 15:29:50 UTC
Hi Jeremy

actually all works fine with the new 4.18.8 kernel

Thanks

Comment 3 Jeremy Cline 2018-09-24 13:00:59 UTC
Great, thanks for letting us know


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