From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [git patches] net driver updates Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:36:26 -0500 Message-ID: <47C350FA.7060700@garzik.org> References: <8A71B368A89016469F72CD08050AD334026D652F@maui.asicdesigners.com> <47C34838.3040502@garzik.org> <200802260134.02075.mitov@issp.bas.bg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, NetDev To: Marin Mitov Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:33202 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755178AbYBYXg2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:36:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200802260134.02075.mitov@issp.bas.bg> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Marin Mitov wrote: > On Tuesday 26 February 2008 12:59:04 am you wrote: >> Divy Le Ray wrote: >>>> From: "Divy Le Ray" >>>> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:57:08 -0800 >>>> >>>>> The driver is cxgb3 here, it uses LLTX. >>>> That's extremely unfortunate, hopefully you can update it to >>>> use a model like tg3 and others use. LLTX is a lost cause >>>> for hardware device drivers, and in fact we'd like to remove >>>> it tree wide eventually. > > Just for info: loopback.c uses it too :-) Yes, we're all aware of this. Google for "david miller loopback lltx" for a few examples... Also, please do not strip CC's, that's quite annoying. Jeff