[relnotes] fedora_requires_release_note requested: [Bug 438046] r8169 does not work after reboot

[bugzilla at redhat.com]

Bug 438046: r8169 does not work after reboot
Product: Fedora
Version: 8
Component: kernel

Josep <josep.puigdemont at gmail.com> has asked  for fedora_requires_release_note:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438046

------- Additional Comments from Josep <josep.puigdemont at gmail.com>
Similar problem for Fedora 9 (preview release), which meant Fedora 9 could not
be installed from network, and that network wouldn't work after installation
from DVD/CDs.

I doesn't only happen after reboot, it happens always here.

I noticed that at start up, and just after 1 minute uptime, the r8169 driver
had
registered 17 million interrupts, according to /proc/interrupts:
$ grep eth /proc/interrupts
 16:   17132211   IO-APIC-fasteoi   eth0
$ uptime 
 21:02:30 up 1 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.97, 0.44, 0.16

The problem is solved after rmmod, and then modprobe the module again.
This is an extract of dmesg when doing rmmod and modprobe:

ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:0b.0 disabled
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK-NAPI loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
eth0: RTL8110s at 0xf8904f00, 00:11:09:ce:a6:ca, XID 04000000 IRQ 16

Is the interrupt different? What does the extra [A] mean after modprobing the
module?

I think the severity should be higher (for some people it might block
installation of F9), but on the other hand it might not affect too many people.