#define RTL_R32(reg)           ((unsigned long) readl (ioaddr + (reg)))
 
 enum mac_version {
+       RTL_GIGA_MAC_NONE   = 0x00,
        RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_01 = 0x01, // 8169
        RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_02 = 0x02, // 8169S
        RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_03 = 0x03, // 8110S
                { 0xfc800000, 0x00800000,       RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_02 },
                { 0xfc800000, 0x00000000,       RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_01 },
 
-               { 0x00000000, 0x00000000,       RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_01 }   /* Catch-all */
+               /* Catch-all */
+               { 0x00000000, 0x00000000,       RTL_GIGA_MAC_NONE   }
        }, *p = mac_info;
        u32 reg;
 
        while ((reg & p->mask) != p->val)
                p++;
        tp->mac_version = p->mac_version;
-
-       if (p->mask == 0x00000000) {
-               struct pci_dev *pdev = tp->pci_dev;
-
-               dev_info(&pdev->dev, "unknown MAC (%08x)\n", reg);
-       }
 }
 
 static void rtl8169_print_mac_version(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
        u16 intr_event;
        u16 napi_event;
        unsigned features;
+       u8 default_ver;
 } rtl_cfg_infos [] = {
        [RTL_CFG_0] = {
                .hw_start       = rtl_hw_start_8169,
                .intr_event     = SYSErr | LinkChg | RxOverflow |
                                  RxFIFOOver | TxErr | TxOK | RxOK | RxErr,
                .napi_event     = RxFIFOOver | TxErr | TxOK | RxOK | RxOverflow,
-               .features       = RTL_FEATURE_GMII
+               .features       = RTL_FEATURE_GMII,
+               .default_ver    = RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_01,
        },
        [RTL_CFG_1] = {
                .hw_start       = rtl_hw_start_8168,
                .intr_event     = SYSErr | LinkChg | RxOverflow |
                                  TxErr | TxOK | RxOK | RxErr,
                .napi_event     = TxErr | TxOK | RxOK | RxOverflow,
-               .features       = RTL_FEATURE_GMII | RTL_FEATURE_MSI
+               .features       = RTL_FEATURE_GMII | RTL_FEATURE_MSI,
+               .default_ver    = RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_11,
        },
        [RTL_CFG_2] = {
                .hw_start       = rtl_hw_start_8101,
                .intr_event     = SYSErr | LinkChg | RxOverflow | PCSTimeout |
                                  RxFIFOOver | TxErr | TxOK | RxOK | RxErr,
                .napi_event     = RxFIFOOver | TxErr | TxOK | RxOK | RxOverflow,
-               .features       = RTL_FEATURE_MSI
+               .features       = RTL_FEATURE_MSI,
+               .default_ver    = RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_13,
        }
 };
 
        /* Identify chip attached to board */
        rtl8169_get_mac_version(tp, ioaddr);
 
+       /* Use appropriate default if unknown */
+       if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_NONE) {
+               if (netif_msg_probe(tp)) {
+                       dev_notice(&pdev->dev,
+                                  "unknown MAC, using family default\n");
+               }
+               tp->mac_version = cfg->default_ver;
+       }
+
        rtl8169_print_mac_version(tp);
 
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(rtl_chip_info); i++) {
                        break;
        }
        if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(rtl_chip_info)) {
-               /* Unknown chip: assume array element #0, original RTL-8169 */
-               if (netif_msg_probe(tp)) {
-                       dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &pdev->dev,
-                               "unknown chip version, assuming %s\n",
-                               rtl_chip_info[0].name);
-               }
-               i = 0;
+               dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+                       "driver bug, MAC version not found in rtl_chip_info\n");
+               goto err_out_msi_5;
        }
        tp->chipset = i;