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

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Message-ID: <20080915032102.GB3028@havoc.gtf.org>
Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:21:02 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, atl2-test@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	jcliburn@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] atlx: add atl2 support

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 06:14:10PM -0400, Chris Snook wrote:
> 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?

_I_ need it in standard patch format, as one big patch.  No MIME
encoding, no gzip, no URLs, just a patch like any other.

	Jeff



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