Re: [PATCH 00/21] e1000: driver update to 7.1.9-k2

[Auke Kok <sofar@foo-projects.org>]

Jeff,

after comments I've made some adjustments. I'll list them below against the 
old summary. The changes are available from our git-server:

Please pull from:

git://lost.foo-projects.org/~ahkok/git/netdev-2.6 upstream

These patches are against
     netdev-2.6#upstream 612eff0e3715a6faff5ba1b74873b99e036c59fe
(Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com> / [PATCH] s2io: netpoll support)


> Summary of patches:
> 
> [01]: fix loopback ethtool test
> [02]: rework driver hardware reset locking
> [03]: Make PHY powerup/down a function
> [04]: fix CONFIG_PM blocks
> [05]: small performance tweak by removing double code
> [06]: add smart power down code
> [07]: change printk into DPRINTK
> [08]: recycle skb
> [09]: rework module param code with uninitialized values
> [10]: force register write flushes to circumvent broken platforms

Unmodified. See comments here:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=115142459725123&w=2 [1]

> [11]: disable CRC stripping workaround

Removed all references to SECRC (crc stripping) instead of leaving it commented.

> [12]: fix adapter led blinking inconsistency
> [13]: add E1000_BIG_ENDIAN symbol

Dropped this patch entirely

> [14]: M88 PHY workaround
> [15]: check return value of _get_speed_and_duplex
> [16]: disable ERT
> [17]: add ich8lan core functions
> [18]: integrate ich8 support into driver
> [19]: allow user to disable ich8 lock loss workaround
> [20]: add ich8lan device ID's
> [21]: increase version to 7.1.9-k2


[1] I can drop #11 in case someone throws a fit ;) - as everyone I'd really 
like to see patches 17->20 queued for 2.6.18 for obvious reasons - this is the 
most important section of these patches!

Cheers,

Auke


---
  drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h         |   10
  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c |  143 +--
  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c      | 1770 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.h      |  398 ++++++++
  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c    |  384 +++++---
  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_osdep.h   |   13
  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c   |  213 ++--
  7 files changed, 2530 insertions(+), 401 deletions(-)