From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Wolfgang Walter To: Greg KH Subject: Re: 3.3.x: e1000 and ixgbe hang Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 11:07:11 +0200 References: <201205082330.12831.wolfgang.walter@stwm.de> <20120508215645.GA22200@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20120508215645.GA22200@kroah.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201205091107.11820.wolfgang.walter@stwm.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2012 schrieben Sie: > On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 11:30:12PM +0200, Wolfgang Walter wrote: > > I would be very glad if these two patches will make it into the next > > stable 3.3: > > > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.e1000.devel/9948 > > > > Dave Miller said that he will take care of it: > > > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.e1000.devel/9993 > > If he said he would take care of it, why are you posting it here again? a) Because it didn't make it into 3.3.5. The fix (for 3.3.x) is known since 2012-04-20 and I find it appropriate to remind of it after more than two weeks. b) To document the bug (which makes 3.3. i.e. unusable for us) and that there are fixes in the stable mailinglist and not only in e1000-devel (especially as it isn't a e1000 specific problem). c) I met 2 colleague yesterday which had the same problems but didn't know there was a fix. c) Dave Miller is a busy man. It's unclear how one should use new kernels if it is difficult to find known fixes. Regards, -- Wolfgang Walter Studentenwerk M�nchen Anstalt des �ffentlichen Rechts