netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4] bnx2: Update 5706/5708 firmware.

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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:55:21 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mchan@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] bnx2: Update 5706/5708 firmware.

From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:52:15 -0800

> New firmware fixes a data corruption issue when receiving and
> placing jumbo frames into host buffers.  In some cases, the
> buffer descriptor is not updated correctly and this will lead
> to the driver linking the wrong number of pages into the SKB.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

I was hesistent to add this and the other firmware update to net-2.6,
but memory corruption is a very serious issue so applied.

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