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Message-ID: <48C6186C.4010600@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:32:12 -0400 From: Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com> To: jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, atl2-test@...ts.sourceforge.net CC: jcliburn@...il.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] atlx: add atl2 support Chris Snook wrote: > This patchset adds support for atl2 hardware to the atlx codebase. It is > functionally very similar to the out-of-tree 2.0.4 version that many distros > have been shipping for a few months, though it adds a fix from Atheros to fix > the problem of device resets under heavy bidirectional load. > > The code needs a lot of janitorial work, and there's a lot of low-hanging fruit > for merging similar atl1 code into the shared atlx code, but I think that work > will go much faster once this is in-tree. The driver is known to work well for > laptop and desktop use. The only major bugs are device initialization problems > that manifest themselves immediately and obviously (the NIC doesn't work) with > certain motherboards. > > Please consider this for the 2.6.28 merge window. > > -- Chris Forgot to mention, this has been tested with no problems on an EeePC 701 with the 2.6.26 kernel. Some x86_64 and SMP testing would be nice, but this is based heavily on the atl1 code, which works fine with x86_64 and SMP. -- Chris -- 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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