From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Baechle Subject: Re: [PATCH, RESEND] Add MWI workaround for Tulip DC21143 Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 03:58:24 +0000 Message-ID: <20060307035824.GA24018@linux-mips.org> References: <20060129230816.GD4094@colonel-panic.org> <20060218220851.GA1601@colonel-panic.org> <20060306225131.GA23327@unjust.cyrius.com> <20060306231530.GB16082@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Martin Michlmayr , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org Return-path: To: Francois Romieu Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060306231530.GB16082@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 12:15:30AM +0100, Francois Romieu wrote: > [...] > > Does anyone have comments regarding this patch? I received > > confirmation from a number of Debian users that this patch > > significantly improves the lockup situation on Cobalt, so > > it would be nice if it could go in. > > I'll queue it with the pending de2104x fix(es ?) during my next > upkeep. I'm just not convinced of having such a workaround as a build option. The average person building a a kernel will probably not know if the option needs to be enabled or not. Ralf