From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Lunz Subject: Re: e1000: backport ich9 support from 7.5.5 ? Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:50:07 -0700 Message-ID: <20070629175006.GB3917@falooley.org> References: <1183138159.17243.16.camel@blaa> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Auke Kok , e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik To: Mark McLoughlin Return-path: Received: from crown.reflexsecurity.com ([72.54.139.163]:47034 "EHLO crown.reflexsecurity.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753508AbXF2Rt4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:49:56 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1183138159.17243.16.camel@blaa> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 06:29:18PM +0100, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > I understand there is some delay in getting e1000-7.5.5 into the > upstream kernel given the major re-working of the chipset specific > parts. > > I wonder would it be feasible in the meantime to backport the ich9 > support and push it upstream? seconded - this driver reorg has been holding back support for the newest e1000 hardware since at least 2.6.20, and I haven't seen any indication that the 7.5.5 e1000 driver will even be added to 2.6.23. What's the prognosis for the 7.5.5-series e1000 reorg going into netdev-2.6? Jason