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Message-ID: <46E8B5C7.8060804@garzik.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:07 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To: Hayim Shaul <hayim@...rtent.com>
CC: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
edward_peng@...nk.com.tw, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-rc6 1/2] dllink driver: porting v1.19 to linux
2.6.18-rc6
Hayim Shaul wrote:
> Description:
> For DLink Fiber NIC, Linux 2.4.22 ships with driver version 1.19,
> whereas, Linux 2.6.x ship with driver version 1.17.
>
> The following patch upgrades the 2.6.x driver to include changes (and
> bug fixes done until 1.19b).
>
> These fixes are (copied from the driver):
> 1.18 2002/11/07 New tx scheme, adaptive tx_coalesce.
> Remove tx_coalesce option.
> 1.19 2003/12/16 Fix problem parsing the eeprom on big endian
> systems. (philt@...idgeworks.com)
>
> Disclaimer:
> Since I returned my DLink NIC to the store I couldn't test it
> thoroughly. It seemed to work just as well as v1.17. However, both
> version made the NIC hang after a few minutes.
Please update to the latest upstream kernel (2.6.22 or 2.6.23-rc).
Also, please make sure you do not back out changes included in the
upstream kernel since 2.6.17.
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