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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:51:02 -0700 From: "Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com> To: Jason Lunz <lunz@...lexsecurity.com> CC: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> Subject: Re: e1000: backport ich9 support from 7.5.5 ? Jason Lunz wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 06:29:18PM +0100, Mark McLoughlin wrote: >> I understand there is some delay in getting e1000-7.5.5 into the >> upstream kernel given the major re-working of the chipset specific >> parts. >> >> I wonder would it be feasible in the meantime to backport the ich9 >> support and push it upstream? > > seconded - this driver reorg has been holding back support for the > newest e1000 hardware since at least 2.6.20, and I haven't seen any > indication that the 7.5.5 e1000 driver will even be added to 2.6.23. I disagree, we should not break the current e1000 driver in the kernel while there is a new driver coming up that introduces ich9 support without breaking (the old e1000) support for all other devices. This is why we want to drop a new version of the e1000 driver upstream instead, and put all newer devices in that driver. For distro's not following kernel.org releases we have the perfect solution: A fully tested 7.5.5 driver on sourceforge that was extensively tested against RHEL5 for instance, but also a lot of other older kernels. > What's the prognosis for the 7.5.5-series e1000 reorg going into > netdev-2.6? I sure hope to get it out before 2.6.23 merge window close... But anything can unfortunately happen. Auke - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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