Re: via-velocity heads up (was (Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc4 - pls test (and no more patches))

Daniel Andersen
2004-10-11T13:29:26Z

Francois Romieu wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> :
> [...]
>
>>Summary of changes from v2.6.9-rc3 to v2.6.9-rc4
>>============================================
>
> [...]
>
>>Fran?ois Romieu:
>> o via-velocity: properly manage the count of adapters
>> o via-velocity: removal of unused velocity_info.xmit_lock
>> o via-velocity: velocity_give_rx_desc() removal
>> o via-velocity: received ring wrong index and missing barriers
>> o via-velocity: early invocation of init_cam_filter()
>> o via-velocity: removal of incomplete endianness handling
>> o via-velocity: wrong buffer offset in velocity_init_td_ring()
>> o via-velocity: comment fixes
>
>
> The attribution is a bit misleading as Tejun Heo <tj@home-tj.org>
> did the real work (he appears in the logs though).
>
> People should really, really, test this code if they have been
> experiencing issues with the driver lately.
>
> Test reports welcome here or on netdev@oss.sgi.com.
>

I'm finally able to successfully use my On board VT6122 10/100/1000 Mb
PCI Ethernet Controller on my Abit KV8-Pro. I have not found any
problems with the via-velocity driver yet. Great work! :)

Daniel Andersen

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