From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [patches] 2.6.0-test9 - r8169 DMA API conversion Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:36:52 -0500 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3FBC1AB4.9010503@pobox.com> References: <47973.68.105.173.45.1069042089.squirrel@mail.mainstreetsoftworks.com> <3FB9A277.70309@pobox.com> <20031118135848.A2451@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <3FBBA76B.4070606@pobox.com> <20031120010056.A19444@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <3FBC05FB.2020409@mcve.com> <20031120014550.A22377@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <3FBC11F2.5080805@mcve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Francois Romieu , Brad House , netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Brad House In-Reply-To: <3FBC11F2.5080805@mcve.com> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Brad House wrote: > any reason why it's not against the v1.6 ? > the current driver is missing support for the > 8110S chip (or at least it doesn't seem to work at all), > so you're cutting out all the chips on the mobos out there. > Haven't looked to see if it's just a PCI ID or other functionality, > but since the V1.2 is from realtek that's in the official > kernel, it would make sense to use the 1.6 patch.... > > I suppose I could do it, but it would take me much > more time simply because I'm not familiar with the > changes you're making. He's doing the work, and he included 1.6 in his list of changes... looks like everybody will be happy :) Jeff