netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/15] spidernet driver bug fixes

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:00:17 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Linas Vepstas <linas@...tin.ibm.com>
CC:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/15] spidernet driver bug fixes

Linas Vepstas wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 01:20:20PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:06:08PM -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 11:12:31AM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 14:17 -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
>>>>> The major bug fixes are: 
>>>> I realise it's late, but shouldn't "major bugfixes" be going into 22 ?
>>> Yeah, I suppose, I admit I've lost track of the process. 
>> You need to order your bug fixes first in the queue. 
> 
> OK, here are the patches, re-ordered. There is a different number
> than last time, as I threw out one, merged one, and got cold feet
> on a third one.  They still pass the tests.
> 
> The first five patches focus on three serious bugs, fixing crashes or
> hangs.
> 
> -- patch 1 -- kernel crash when ifdown while receiving packets.
> -- patch 2,3,4 -- device driver deadlocks on "RX ram full" mesgs.
>                   (kernel stays up, ifdown/up clear the problem).
> -- patch 5 -- misconfigured TX interrupts results in 3x-4x per
>               degradation for small packets.
> 
> -- patch 6 -- rx stats may be mangled
> -- patch 7 -- hw checksum sometimes breaks ipv6 operation
> 
> -- patches 8-15 -- misc tweaks, and documentation.
> 
> 
> I re-ran my stress tests with patches 1-7 applied; they pass.

This is a bit frustrating, because this includes many patches that you 
ALREADY told me to queue for 2.6.23, which I did, in 
netdev-2.6.git#upstream.

Should I just drop all spidernet patches and start over?

	Jeff



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