netdev - Re: [patch 03/14] e1000: omit stats for broken counter in 82543

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Date:	Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:37:39 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 03/14] e1000: omit stats for broken counter in 82543

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Subject: e1000: omit stats for broken counter in 82543
> From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> 
> The 82543 chip does not count tx_carrier_errors properly in FD mode;
> report zeros instead of garbage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>

I rewrote your patch #3 into the attached patch.  Man, that was hard. 
It was a MAJOR REVISION, trust me.

See attached.  (e1000 even ALREADY HAS some feature flags for this sort 
of thing)

	Jeff



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