Re: Marvel IDE 88SE6101 2.4.XX support

Jeff Kirsher
2008-09-09T05:10:50Z

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 01:37:35PM +0300, ivaylo@bglans.net wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thanks, Alan for your comment about Marvell PATA IDE driver.
>> In this time I'm a litle bit busy and do not have time to backport driver
>> in 2.4 probably after a time I'll try (I'm not a profesional C programer
>> and it is litle hard to me). I correct generic IDE patch and send you in
>> the attached file.
>
> OK. BTW, next time, please post it in pure text form, so that people on
> the list can easily review and comment it.
>
>> I make also patch to update e1000 driver in the 2.4 kernel to e1000-7.6.5
>> and add support for:
>> 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family)
>> Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
>>
>> But I'm not sure if there are any license violations and any other person
>> who manage network drivers to send it to him. If you know something about
>> it please tell me to send the patch for testing and e.t.c.
>
> Please contact Auke Kok and/or Jesse Brandeburg at intel. They are the
> driver's maintainers, and since they still support it, I do not want to
> change it without their agreement. If they want to propose an upgrade,
> I'll trust them.
>
> Regards,
> Willy
>

Actually Auke is no longer a maintainer for the 10/100/1000/10000 Intel drivers.

Please send your patches to me and Jesse.

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Cheers,
Jeff