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

Jerone Young
2004-10-11T17:04:31Z

Yes, I also am able to finally use the via-velocity card without it
taking down my router! The patches resolve issues with the card. I
have been heavily using it now without a problem on X86_64 Linux. I
have an Abit A8V with integrated Via Velocity card

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:23:07 +0200, Francois Romieu
<romieu@fr.zoreil.com> 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.
>
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