netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/4] atlx: add atl2 support

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Message-ID: <48CD8CB2.2080406@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:14:10 -0400
From:	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, atl2-test@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	jcliburn@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] atlx: add atl2 support

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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
>>
>>  drivers/net/Kconfig       |   17
>>  drivers/net/Makefile      |    1
>>  drivers/net/atlx/Makefile |    1
>>  drivers/net/atlx/atl2.c   | 3101 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/net/atlx/atl2.h   |  482 +++++++
>>  include/linux/pci_ids.h   |    1
>>  6 files changed, 3600 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Send as one big patch, please?
> 
> 

It's too big for vger as one patch.  There's a lot of code that can be whittled 
down, but this driver has been delayed for months already waiting for that to be 
finished.  Would you prefer a gzipped One Big Patch?

-- Chris
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