From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6 0/14] e1000: driver update Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 21:38:03 -0500 Message-ID: <41DDF60B.5060402@pobox.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev Return-path: To: Ganesh Venkatesan In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Ganesh Venkatesan wrote: > 1 ITR does not default correctly on 2.6.x kernels > 2 Fix kernel panic when the interface is brought down while the NAPI enabled driver is under stress > 3 Fix ethtool diagnostics -- specifically for blade server implementations > 4 Enabling NETIF_F_SG without checksum offload is illegal -- jdmason@us.ibm.com > 5 Avoid filling tx_ring completely - shemminger@osdl.org > 6 Apply patch from Jamal (hadi@znyx.com) to remove a redundant assignment to a local nr_frags in e1000_xmit_frame. > 7 Replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()/msleep_interruptible() nacc@us.ibm.com > 8 Fix tx resource cleanup logic > 9 {set, get}_wol is now symmetric for 82545EM adapters > 10 Kernel API change for Module_param_array_named > 11 Added workaround to prevent inadvertent gigabit waveform to be sent out on the wire due to init-time operations on the IGP phy. > 12 Applied eeprom fix where it was possible to read/write one more word than what should have been possible. > 13 Applied smart speed fix where the code was forcing smart speed on all the time. Now it will honor the setting defined in the eeprom. > 14 Driver version number, white spaces, comments, device id & other changes applied patches 1-14 to 2.6.x. request for the future: please modify your patch submission procedure as follows: 1) create a descriptive subject line of no more than 60 characters 2) include an extended description of the change (> 60 characters) in the body of the email. 3) in the email subject line, please include the _specific_ version of the kernel your patch is diff'd against. i.e. "2.6.10-bk1", "2.6.10", "2.4.21-pre2", etc. More details see http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html Jeff