Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 2 authors, 2003-12-18

[BK PATCHES] 2.6.x experimental net driver updates

From: Jeff Garzik <hidden>
Date: 2003-12-16 06:32:46
Also in: lkml

Another edition of net driver updates.

Summary of new changes:
* revert skfddi janitorial patches.  no skfddi changes are included in 
this patchkit anymore.  Stephen Hemminger has a much better skfddi patch 
which obsoleted the already-merged skfddi changes.
* atmel wireless SKB leak fix
* 3c574_cs deadlock fix
* bonding destruction fix
* more work from Al making net_device allocation dynamic and sane 
(including fast, const-offset private structure allocation for drivers)
* sk98lin update from vendor
* TG3 update from DaveM
* new pc200syn WAN driver from WAN maintainer Krzysztof Halasa
* r8169 fixes from Francois Romieu


Summary of patchkit:
* new e100 driver (rewritten from scratch)
* new nVidia nForce NIC driver
* new pc200syn WAN driver

* tg3 bug fixes
* r8169 major bug fixes
* e1000 minor updates / fixes
* sk98lin vendor updates / fixes
* misc bug fixes

* 8139too NAPI support
* tulip NAPI support

* netconsole / netdump support
* net_device allocation and reference counting work


Patch:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-test11-bk11-netdrvr-exp1.patch.bz2

Full changelog:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-test11-bk11-netdrvr-exp1.log

BK repo:
bk://gkernel.bkbits.net/net-drivers-2.5-exp

Changelog delta attached.

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