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From: Dave Boutcher <daveboutcher@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000: fix loss of multicast packets
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:26:18 -0500
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On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jeff Kirsher
<jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:09 AM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> w=
rote:
>> From: Dave Boutcher <daveboutcher@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:05:19 -0500
>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Jesse Brandeburg
>>> <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com> wrote:
>>> > From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
>>> > This driver fix prepares an array all at once in memory and progr=
ams it in
>>> > one shot to the hardware, not requiring an "erase" cycle.
>>> >
>>> > Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
>>> > CC: Dave Boutcher <daveboutcher@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Jesse, I just with this patch in my e1000 environment and it works
>>> great. =A0Almost 1,000,000 packets exchanged with active
>>> membership join/drops going on and no packets lost. =A0Thanks
>>> for the fast turnaround.
>>
>> Thanks for testing Dave.
>>
>> Intel folks, can we get this formally submitted soon?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> --
>
> Yes, I have it in my queue. =A0It should be in the next series of fix=
es
> I will be sending out.

At the risk of seeming demanding, an e1000e version as well?  That's
actually where the problem first showed up.

Thanks,

--=20
Dave B