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Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:17:22 -0700 From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com> To: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> CC: netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: patch for ixgbe-3.3.9 (out-of-tree) driver. On 06/01/2011 10:50 AM, Ben Greear wrote: > Using 'ethtool -t ethX' with 82598 chipset causes > kernel splats because spin-lock wasn't initialized properly. > This can probably cause other problems, but I'm not certain > of that. > > I can't tell that anyone actually watches the sourceforge list, > so posting it here... > > The reason I'm using the out-of-tree driver is that a customer > reports link bouncing when using the 82598 NIC. They are stuck > on a .34 kernel at the moment, so maybe it's fixed upstream already. > At any rate, I can't reproduce the problem locally, but the 3.3.9 > driver appears to work for them. > > Thanks, > Ben > Ben, I will make certain this fix is incorporated into our ixgbe out-of-tree driver for the next release. Thanks for the patch, Alex -- 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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