From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Gospodarek Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000: repost work around 82571 completion timout on pseries HW Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:29:37 -0400 Message-ID: <20070724162936.GB2293@gospo.rdu.redhat.com> References: <20070724151912.GA2293@gospo.rdu.redhat.com> <46A61B3C.5070808@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Andy Gospodarek , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: "Kok, Auke" Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:60453 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751123AbXGXQ3p (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:29:45 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46A61B3C.5070808@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 08:31:08AM -0700, Kok, Auke wrote: > Andy Gospodarek wrote: > >There seems to have been some discussion about a patch like this in the > >past but I still haven't noticed any platforms fixes or noticed that > >this got included, so I'd like to propose this modified version. > > > >Thoughts? > > I've written a completely new version for IBM based on the response that > implements this as a pci quirk (to tag the chipset, not the device). > > However IBM has spotted an issue due to firmware hiding the id for linux of > the bridge involved (on pseries), and they're working on an alternative to > fix that. > > So, the patch will look different, and I'll post it as soon as we have a > version for both pseries and xseries that works. > > Auke > Sounds great. I just wanted to make sure this didn't slip through the cracks.