From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org
Cc: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, randy.dunlap@oracle.com,
val_henson@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: + make-tulip-driver-not-handle-davicom-nics.patch added to -mm tree
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:06:35 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060619.210635.66061007.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200606200046.k5K0kPdg020414@shell0.pdx.osdl.net>
From: akpm@osdl.org
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:49:48 -0700
> Subject: Make tulip driver not handle Davicom NICs
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>
>
> Make tulip driver not handle Davicom NICs, let dmfe take over"
>
> Reference: https://launchpad.net/bugs/48287
> Source URL of Patch:
> http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/bcollins/ubuntu-dapper.git;a=commitdiff;h=1804482911a71bee9114cae1c2079507a38e9e7f
>
> Cc: Valerie Henson <val_henson@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Please see followups, this change is bogus, it breaks sparc64 Sun
Netra X1 onboard NICs. The tulip driver drives them fine in that
case, the dmfe driver doesn't work at all.
There is no reason the normal tulip driver cannot handle these
chip variants.
parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-20 4:06 UTC|newest]
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