From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Kirsher Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000: fix loss of multicast packets Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:50:06 -0700 Message-ID: <9929d2390903241550j35ac4a3cp75a798802a62c26d@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090320204415.25109.57486.stgit@lindenhurst-2.jf.intel.com> <91bdcedb0903221105yafce0f4w1733a703c397bb7b@mail.gmail.com> <20090323.010957.163908188.davem@davemloft.net> <9929d2390903231953v463a3426jb6b698b0e9a4f51f@mail.gmail.com> <91bdcedb0903240426y47e200fajfecbb7088e75427@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: David Miller , jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Dave Boutcher Return-path: Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.28]:50915 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754720AbZCXWuJ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:50:09 -0400 Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 31so2780722yxl.1 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:50:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <91bdcedb0903240426y47e200fajfecbb7088e75427@mail.gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:26 AM, Dave Boutcher = wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jeff Kirsher > wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:09 AM, David Miller = wrote: >>> From: Dave Boutcher >>> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:05:19 -0500 >>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Jesse Brandeburg >>>> wrote: >>>> > From: Jesse Brandeburg >>>> > This driver fix prepares an array all at once in memory and prog= rams it in >>>> > one shot to the hardware, not requiring an "erase" cycle. >>>> > >>>> > Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg >>>> > CC: Dave Boutcher >>>> >>>> Jesse, I just with this patch in my e1000 environment and it works >>>> great. =C2=A0Almost 1,000,000 packets exchanged with active >>>> membership join/drops going on and no packets lost. =C2=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. =C2=A0It should be in the next series of= fixes >> I will be sending out. > > At the risk of seeming demanding, an e1000e version as well? =C2=A0Th= at's > actually where the problem first showed up. > > Thanks, > > -- > Dave B > -- We also have a patch for e1000e as well. :) --=20 Cheers, Jeff