From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:27:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:26:49 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:19342 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:26:35 -0500 Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 14:24:13 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20020306.142413.73653162.davem@redhat.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CC: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Subject: [BETA-0.96] Seventh test release of Tigon3 driver From: "David S. Miller" X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Not much changed, just one biggie. Get it at: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/davem/TIGON3/tg3-0.96.patch.gz Changes: [PERFORMANCE] Don't mess with DMA read/write boundary settings on X86 Should result in significant performance increases on this platform. I'm rather confident our driver performs better than Broadcom's driver on all platforms now. [PATCH-ERROR] Some parts of 0.95 didn't apply directly due to some botched up hand patch editing on my part, sorry :-) Please test and benchmark, and I'll be away until Saturday to look into reports. And you Aussies, you know what you need to do :-))))