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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:39:34 -0400 From: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> To: Jason Lunz <lunz@...lexsecurity.com> Cc: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>, Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.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 ? On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 10:50:07AM -0700, 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'll ACK this as well. I'd like to see ich9 support upstream as soon as possible and I'd rather see it with the old driver than not at all. - 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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