netdev - Re: r8169 regression: UDP packets dropped intermittantly

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2016 01:22:50 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...ad.com.au>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: r8169 regression: UDP packets dropped intermittantly

Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...ad.com.au> :
[...]
> to mainline (in which case I'll keep watching out for it)?  Or is the
> out-of-tree workaround mentioned above considered to be the long term
> fix for those who encounter the problem?

It's a workaround. Nothing less, nothing more.

IIRC the ga311 irq signaling was a bit special. I almost surely broke
it at some point.

-- 
Ueimor