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Revert "r8169: disable detection of chip version 36"

This reverts commit 42666b2c452ce87894786aae05e3fad3cfc6cb59.

This chip version seems to be very rare, but it exits in consumer
devices, see linked report.

Link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75049473/cant-setup-a-wired-network-in-archlinux-fresh-install
Fixes: 42666b2c452c ("r8169: disable detection of chip version 36")
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/42e9674c-d5d0-a65a-f578-e5c74f244739@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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Heiner Kallweit and committed by
Jakub Kicinski
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drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
··· 1996 1996 1997 1997 /* 8168F family. */ 1998 1998 { 0x7c8, 0x488, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_38 }, 1999 - /* It seems this chip version never made it to 2000 - * the wild. Let's disable detection. 2001 - * { 0x7cf, 0x481, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_36 }, 2002 - */ 1999 + { 0x7cf, 0x481, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_36 }, 2003 2000 { 0x7cf, 0x480, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_35 }, 2004 2001 2005 2002 /* 8168E family. */