netdev - Re: Question about way that NICs deliver packets to the kernel

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Message-ID: <20100715211249.GA7278@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:12:49 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Junchang Wang <junchangwang@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Question about way that NICs deliver packets to the kernel

Junchang Wang <junchangwang@...il.com> :
[...]
> 2) Why does r8169 bias towards the first approach even if it support both ?

It is a simple, straightforward fix against a 8169 hardware bug.

See commit c0cd884af045338476b8e69a61fceb3f34ff22f1.

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