Re: via-velocity heads up (was (Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc4 - pls test (and no more patches))

Francois Romieu wrote:

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] :
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Summary of changes from v2.6.9-rc3 to v2.6.9-rc4
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Fran?ois Romieu:
 o via-velocity: properly manage the count of adapters
 o via-velocity: removal of unused velocity_info.xmit_lock
 o via-velocity: velocity_give_rx_desc() removal
 o via-velocity: received ring wrong index and missing barriers
 o via-velocity: early invocation of init_cam_filter()
 o via-velocity: removal of incomplete endianness handling
 o via-velocity: wrong buffer offset in velocity_init_td_ring()
 o via-velocity: comment fixes

The attribution is a bit misleading as Tejun Heo [off-list ref]
did the real work (he appears in the logs though).

People should really, really, test this code if they have been
experiencing issues with the driver lately.

Test reports welcome here or on netdev@oss.sgi.com.

I'm finally able to successfully use my On board VT6122 10/100/1000 Mb 
PCI Ethernet Controller on my Abit KV8-Pro. I have not found any 
problems with the via-velocity driver yet. Great work! :)

Daniel Andersen

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