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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
To: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>
Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
	cebbert@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] NET: remove support for Davicom 9102 from the Tulip driver
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:54:39 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080409155439.GA1624@colo.lackof.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0804071726210.29033@math.ut.ee>

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 05:28:03PM +0300, Meelis Roos wrote:
> > jeff and davem already answered the basic SROM/MAC address issue.
> > Patches to fix this are associated with
> > 	http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9106
> 
> > >> I happent to have a Sun Fire V100 with 2 Davicom NICs (1282:9102 (rev 
> > >> 31)).
> > >> tulip driver works for them, dmfe doesn't.
> > 
> > This experience doesn't agree with the bug report.
> > Meelis, can you please take a look at the bug report and add comments?
> 
> Comments added.

thanks!
I saw the comments were added but haven't read them yet.

> > We tried (b) but didn't get it working on V100 previously.
> > Several patches are attached to the bug report.
> 
> There was one patch (for getting the MAC from OpenFirmware) but as 
> people reported that the Tx timeouts still happen, I didn't try it. Any 
> reason to try?

Documenting the configuration that does work is the only reason.
I don't think pursueing dmfe is worthwhile if in general tulip driver
is expected to work.

thanks,
grant

> 
> -- 
> Meelis Roos (mroos@linux.ee)

  reply	other threads:[~2008-04-09 15:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-03  9:10 [patch] NET: remove support for Davicom 9102 from the Tulip driver Meelis Roos
2008-04-04 21:38 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-04-04 22:02   ` David Miller
2008-04-04 22:06     ` Jeff Garzik
2008-04-04 22:28       ` David Miller
2008-04-04 23:26   ` Grant Grundler
2008-04-07 14:28     ` Meelis Roos
2008-04-09 15:54       ` Grant Grundler [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-04-04  8:56 Meelis Roos
2008-04-04 19:43 ` David Miller
2008-04-04 21:27 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-04-04 21:59 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-04-04 22:05   ` David Miller
2008-04-02 22:46 Chuck Ebbert
2008-04-04  5:46 ` Jeff Garzik

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