Re: [TuxOnIce-users] Driver r8169 causes kernel oops/panic o…

Josh Becigneul wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to report that while trying to get hibernation support in my
> kernel under Gentoo on the Acer Aspire One, the network driver r8169
> causes a kernel panic while compiled in and as a module. Deleting the
> module allows the machine to boot normally. The same thing happens
> while trying to modprobe r8169, so I have no ethernet while I have
> hibernate support.
>
> My madwifi drivers work fine.
>
> Also, I haven't actually tried to hibernate the machine, this was all
> in the process of trying to get my first kernel to boot.
>
> The kernel message while the driver was compiled in is here:
> http://bespin.vsnine.org/img/aa1/oops.jpg
>
> The dmesg from when r8169 was compiled as a module is here:
> http://bespin.vsnine.org/img/aa1/dmesg.log
>
> lspci: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
>
> My wireless works, so it's not a pressing loss, but it would be nice
> to have ethernet support :)
>
> I'll write the list later on the status of hibernate on this machine.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Josh Becigneul

Hi Josh,
May be you already tried this. But did you black list the module?
Unloading modules before hibernate should do the trick especially since
this is a network module. I have gentoo + vanilla 2.6.26.2 + tuxonice on
an asus laptop ( AMD64, radeon-r300, skge, driverloader )

Anand