sk98lin patch 7.09 hiccups on 2.6.10-rc3

sk98lin patch 7.09 hiccups on 2.6.10-rc3

[maxer1]

Here is the output when attempting to patch kernel 2.6.10-rc3 with the 
driver patch from syskonnect.com:

cat /home/raxet/DriverInstall/sk98lin_v7.09_2.6.9_patch | patch -p1
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/lm80.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skaddr.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skcsum.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skdebug.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skdrv1st.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skdrv2nd.h
Hunk #5 FAILED at 212.
1 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file 
drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skdrv2nd.h.rej
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skerror.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skgedrv.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skgehw.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skgehwt.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skgei2c.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skgeinit.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skgepnm2.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skgepnmi.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skgesirq.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skgetwsi.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/ski2c.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skqueue.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skrlmt.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/sktimer.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/sktwsi.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/sktypes.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skversion.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skvpd.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/sky2le.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/h/xmac_ii.h
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/Makefile
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skaddr.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skcsum.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skdim.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skethtool.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skge.c
Hunk #2 FAILED at 36.
1 out of 98 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file 
drivers/net/sk98lin/skge.c.rej
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skgehwt.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skgeinit.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skgemib.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skgepnmi.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skgesirq.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/ski2c.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/sklm80.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skproc.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skqueue.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skrlmt.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/sktimer.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/sktwsi.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skvpd.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/skxmac2.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/sky2.c
patching file drivers/net/sk98lin/sky2le.c
patching file Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt
patching file drivers/net/Kconfig
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1979 (offset -82 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2003 (offset -82 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 2181 with fuzz 2.
      

Re: sk98lin patch 7.09 hiccups on 2.6.10-rc3

[Stephen Hemminger]

Your expectation is faulty. An out of tree vendor patch needs
to be kept up to date with the evolving kernel, not the other
way around.

Also, the only major improvement in the vendor patch is support for
the Yukon2 hardware, but the code is so macroized that it will
never be accepted in it's current form.