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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] NetXen: Fix ping issue
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:51:17 -0400
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To: Mithlesh Thukral <mithlesh@netxen.com>
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Mithlesh Thukral wrote:
> NetXen: Fix initialization and subsequent ping issue
> This patch will fix the initialization and ping issues seen on
> certain PPC architecture blades.
> 
> Signed-off by: Wen Xiong <wenxiong@us.ibm.com>
> Signed-off by: Mithlesh Thukral <mithlesh@netxen.com>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c |    7 +++++++
>  drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_niu.c  |    8 ++------
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Again, your patch description is useless.

You should describe the problem being fixed, and how/why the changes 
seen in the patch actually fix the issue.