From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: be more selective about FIFO watchdog Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:51:13 -0400 Message-ID: <46F2DD41.30909@pobox.com> References: <20070920130349.252ecdb9@freepuppy.rosehill> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:38257 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751151AbXITUvR (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:51:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070920130349.252ecdb9@freepuppy.rosehill> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Be more selective about when to enable the ram buffer watchdog code. > It is unnecessary on XL A3 or later revs, and with Yukon FE > the buffer is so small (4K) that the watchdog detects false positives. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger With all the sky2 patches flying about, it would be wise to include notes like "applies to 2.6.23-rc" or "net-2.6.24" after the standard "---" terminator. is this patch supposed to go on top of the sky2 patches that Linus just pulled?