From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965503AbWFTEG3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:06:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965501AbWFTEG3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:06:29 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:22948 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965500AbWFTEG2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:06:28 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:06:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20060619.210635.66061007.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 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <200606200046.k5K0kPdg020414@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> References: <200606200046.k5K0kPdg020414@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.4 / 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 From: akpm@osdl.org Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:49:48 -0700 > Subject: Make tulip driver not handle Davicom NICs > From: Randy Dunlap > > > 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 > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 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.