Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:26:17 -0600 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Gigabit NIC question. |
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Jes Sorensen writes: > >>>>> "Donald" == Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com> writes: > > Donald> On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, [euc-kr] Kim DaeHo wrote: > >> Could anyone explain me how to port gigabit NIC driver from the > >> 2.2.x to 2.0.36 ? > Donald> .. > >> PS. I'm so sorry that my last mail is encoded base64. > > Donald> That echoing silence wasn't from bad mail encoding, it was > Donald> because demonstrating an interest in backwards compatibility > Donald> or API stability pretty much disqualifies someone from future > Donald> kernel development. > > Not at all, base64 encoded email goes naturally straight to /dev/null > unread.
Indeed. A procmail recipe even avoids you having to see the crap in the first place. I can see why some people use the base64 abortion, though: if they inline a patch it gets filled with "=3D" gunk, because they're using some or other character set encoding :-(
> Kim, if you want Gigabit Ethernet I'd strongly recommend you consider > porting whatever it is you have that requires 2.0.x onto 2.2.x or > later.
It might not be a 2.0.36 driver that is needed. It may be the 2.0.36 reliability!
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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