RE: [PATCH net 1/3] r8169:fix nic sometimes doesn't work after changing the mac address.

> Instead of taking the device out of suspended mode to perform the required > action, the driver is moving to a model where 1) said action may be > scheduled to a later time - or result from past time work - and 2) rpm handler > must handle a lot of pm unrelated work. > > rtl8169_ethtool_ops.{ge

Re: [PATCH net 1/3] r8169:fix nic sometimes doesn't work after changing the mac address.

Chunhao Lin : > When there is no AC power, NIC doesn't work after changing mac address. > Please refer to following link. > http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg356572.html > > This issue is caused by runtime power management. When there is no AC power, > if we > put NIC down (ifconfig down),