Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:55:05 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | [BK PATCHES] 2.6.x experimental net driver updates |
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Summary of new changes: * bonding fixes * e100/e1000 fixes * other fixes * via-rhine netpoll support
Summary of patchkit: * new e100 driver (rewritten from scratch) * new nVidia nForce NIC driver * new pc200syn WAN driver
* tg3 bug fixes * r8169 major bug fixes * e1000 minor updates / fixes * sk98lin vendor updates / fixes * misc bug fixes
* 8139too NAPI support * tulip NAPI support
* netconsole / netdump support * net_device allocation and reference counting work
Patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-bk2-netdrvr-exp1.patch.bz2 (NOTE: _requires_ 2.6.0-bk2 snapshot, or IOW Linus-latest from BK, in order to apply successfully)
Full changelog: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-bk2-netdrvr-exp1.log
BK repo: bk://gkernel.bkbits.net/net-drivers-2.5-exp
Changelog delta attached.
Alexander Viro: o [irda sa1100_ir] convert to using standard alloc_irdadev()
Amir Noam: o [netdrvr bonding] Add support for slaves that use ethtool_ops o [netdrvr bonding] Releasing the original active slave causes mac address duplication o [netdrvr bonding] Cannot remove and re-enslave the original active slave
Andrew Morton: o [netdrvr] new-probe warning fix
Jeff Garzik: o Merge redhat.com:/spare/repo/linux-2.5 into redhat.com:/spare/repo/net-drivers-2.5-exp o [netdrvr bonding] fix broken build
Pavel Machek: o [netdrvr via-rhine] add netpoll support
Russell King: o [irda sa1100_ir] "resurrect from bitrot hell"
Scott Feldman: o [netdrvr e1000] netpoll support o [netdrvr e1000] h/w workarounds + remove device ID o [netdrvr e100] netpoll + fixes to speed/duplex forced settings
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