netdev - Re: [net 0/7][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2019-10-31

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Date:   Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:19:04 -0700
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net 0/7][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates
 2019-10-31

On Thu, 2019-10-31 at 15:17 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> This series contains updates to e1000, igb, igc, ixgbe, i40e and
> driver
> documentation.
> 
> Lyude Paul fixes an issue where a fatal read error occurs when the
> device is unplugged from the machine.  So change the read error into
> a
> warn while the device is still present.
> 
> Manfred Rudigier found that the i350 device was not apart of the
> "Media
> Auto Sense" feature, yet the device supports it.  So add the missing
> i350 device to the check and fix an issue where the media auto sense
> would flip/flop when no cable was connected to the port causing
> spurious
> kernel log messages.
> 
> I fixed an issue where the fix to resolve receive buffer starvation
> was
> applied in more than one place in the driver, one being the incorrect
> location in the i40e driver.
> 
> Wenwen Wang fixes a potential memory leak in e1000 where allocated
> memory is not properly cleaned up in one of the error paths.
> 
> Jonathan Neuschäfer cleans up the driver documentation to be
> consistent
> and remove the footnote reference, since the footnote no longer
> exists in
> the documentation.
> 
> Igor Pylypiv cleans up a duplicate clearing of a bit, no need to
> clear
> it twice.

Double checked to ensure all my SOB's are on the patches.

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