Caution about e100...

Caution about e100...

[Jeff Garzik]

Note to all,

I merged e100 into 2.5.x to get it some wider testing and feedback.  The
driver currently has several PCI posting bugs particularly, and other
outstanding bugs that need zapping before the driver will be considered
stable.

DO NOT USE THIS DRIVER IN PRODUCTION.

After these bugs are fixed and it has received wider testing and
feedback, only then will it be merged into the stable 2.4.x series.

I recommend all vendors avoid this driver, for the moment.  It is for
developers, testers, and early adopters only.  It should be ok for
normal use, but edge cases are not yet zapped.

</PSA>

-- 
Jeff Garzik      | Usenet Rule #2 (John Gilmore): "The Net interprets
Building 1024    | censorship as damage and routes around it."
MandrakeSoft     |

Re: Caution about e100...

[Ken Brownfield]

Does this only refer to the e100 driver in 2.5.x?  The one from Intel
applied to 2.4.x has been very stable under heavy production loads for
months, from UP to 6-way SMP.  At least for me... famous last words.

Thx,
-- 
Ken.
brownfld@irridia.com

On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 03:58:28AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
| Note to all,
| 
| I merged e100 into 2.5.x to get it some wider testing and feedback.  The
| driver currently has several PCI posting bugs particularly, and other
| outstanding bugs that need zapping before the driver will be considered
| stable.
| 
| DO NOT USE THIS DRIVER IN PRODUCTION.
| 
| After these bugs are fixed and it has received wider testing and
| feedback, only then will it be merged into the stable 2.4.x series.
| 
| I recommend all vendors avoid this driver, for the moment.  It is for
| developers, testers, and early adopters only.  It should be ok for
| normal use, but edge cases are not yet zapped.
| 
| </PSA>
| 
| -- 
| Jeff Garzik      | Usenet Rule #2 (John Gilmore): "The Net interprets
| Building 1024    | censorship as damage and routes around it."
| MandrakeSoft     |
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