Francois, Did you see the bug report below? Several people are affected by this (all on the same hardware) and apparently this has never worked (i.e. also shows up with 2.6.18).
* Mikhail Gusarov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-07-08 22:43]: > Hello, > > I'm experiencing a problem with RTL-8169 network card on Thecus N2100 > NAS device on 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 kernels (did not try other versions). > > System seems to be unable either to receive or to transmit multicast > packets until promiscous mode is set on interface: mDNS does not work on > this device, both for resolving other .local names or answering mDNS > requests. > > Running tcpdump corrects the situation. Unicast packets work fine. > > I'm not on the list, so please keep me in CC. > > Additional info: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]1% cat /proc/cpuinfo > Processor : XScale-80219 rev 0 (v5l) > BogoMIPS : 593.10 > Features : swp half fastmult edsp > CPU implementer : 0x69 > CPU architecture: 5TE > CPU variant : 0x0 > CPU part : 0x2e3 > CPU revision : 0 > Cache type : undefined 5 > Cache clean : undefined 5 > Cache lockdown : undefined 5 > Cache format : Harvard > I size : 32768 > I assoc : 32 > I line length : 32 > I sets : 32 > D size : 32768 > D assoc : 32 > D line length : 32 > D sets : 32 > > Hardware : Thecus N2100 > Revision : 0000 > Serial : 0000000000000000 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]% lspci > 00:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit > Ethernet (rev 10) > 00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit > Ethernet (rev 10) > 00:03.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 > [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) > 00:04.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 > Controller (rev 62) > 00:04.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 > Controller (rev 62) > 00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]% lspci -n > 00:01.0 0200: 10ec:8169 (rev 10) > 00:02.0 0200: 10ec:8169 (rev 10) > 00:03.0 0180: 1095:3512 (rev 01) > 00:04.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 62) > 00:04.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 62) > 00:04.2 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 65) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]% uname -a > Linux homenas 2.6.25-2-iop32x #2 Sat Jun 28 16:10:57 UTC 2008 armv5tel > GNU/Linux > > -- -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
