# \[PATCH netdev-2.6 0/10\] ixgb: driver update

- From: Ganesh Venkatesan \<hidden\>
- Date: 2004-10-29 12:07:33 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2004/10/10745846

```text
Signed-off-by: ganesh venkatesan <redacted>

1.  Fix NAPI driver crash on ifdown during traffic
2.  Fix error in setting Frame Size register while changing mtu 
3.  Prevent infinite loop trying to re-establish link while actively 
communicating
4.  Remove sub-device ids for non-existant hardware
5.  Limit Rx Address Filter Array entries to 3
6.  Shrink size of ixgb_buffer (use uint16_t for length/next_to_watch)
7.  Replace kmalloc with vmalloc to allocate driver local data structures
8.  Ethtool_ops support
9.  Version number update
10. White space corrections
```