netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/5] NetXen: Driver bug fixes

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Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:51:50 +0530
From:	Amit Kale <amitkale@...xen.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Linsys Contractor Mithlesh Thukral <mithlesh@...xen.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netxenproj@...syssoft.com, rob@...xen.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] NetXen: Driver bug fixes

On Monday 12 March 2007 20:01, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Amit Kale wrote:
> > On Saturday 10 March 2007 16:52, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >> Amit Kale wrote:
> >>> On Friday 09 March 2007 22:26, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >>>> Linsys Contractor Mithlesh Thukral wrote:
> >>>>> Hi All,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I will be sending updates to NetXen: 1G/10G Ethernet driver in
> >>>>> subsequent mails. The patches will be with respect to
> >>>>> netdev#upstream.
> >>>>
> >>>> Are you sure you don't want some of these in #upstream-fixes, queued
> >>>> for 2.6.21-rc?
> >>>
> >>> We really want them in both places. If we send them to #upstream-fixes,
> >>> they'll break #upstream. Should we send them against both of these
> >>> branches?
> >>
> >> Well, I can drop NetXen patches in #upstream, apply these to
> >> #upstream-fixes, and wait for a resend?
> >
> > Could you do that, please? (drop NetXen patches in #upstream)
> >
> > We'll resend them against #upstream-fixes.
>
> Will note.
>
> Just to be clear, I presume that you will only be resending the bug
> fixes against #upstream-fixes (2.6.21-rc).  The multiple PCI function
> stuff is way too big and invasive for 2.6.21-rc, which is why I
> committed that to #upstream (2.6.22).

Yes. We'll only send bug fixes against #upstream-fixes right now.

We'll send multiple PCI function patches at a much later date: immediately 
after 2.6.21 is released.

Thanks a lot.
-Amit
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