From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Willy Tarreau Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4 0/3] e1000: update to 7.3.20 Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:29:57 +0100 Message-ID: <20070206112957.GA5087@1wt.eu> References: <20070206010102.28691.96744.stgit@gitlost.site> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Garzik, Jeff" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Brandeburg, Jesse" , "Kok, Auke" , "Ronciak, John" To: "Kok, Auke" Return-path: Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]:2272 "EHLO 1wt.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751258AbXBFLaK (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 06:30:10 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070206010102.28691.96744.stgit@gitlost.site> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi Auke, On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 05:01:02PM -0800, Kok, Auke wrote: > Willy, > > Please pull: > > git-pull git://lost.foo-projects.org/~ahkok/git/linux-2.4 e1000 > > to receive an update for the e1000 driver. This updates the e1000 > driver in the 2.4 kernel to version 7.3.20-k4, roughly the equivalent > of what is in 2.6.20 and the latest of our out-of-tree driver. > > This adds new hardware support and many fixes. Many customers are > asking us for these updates and the current 2.4 kernel ships a very > outdated version of the e1000 adapter. > > This patch includes small compatibility headers and code to minimize > the changes we need to make to our driver and keep it in sync easier > with the 2.6 kernel version so we can possibly continue to ship > updates and fixes to this driver with more ease. Pulled, thanks very much. I'll produce -pre1 shortly so that we can ensure there's no regression. > Cheers, > > Auke Best Regards, Willy