Re: [git patches] net driver updates

From: Marin Mitov
Date: Mon Feb 25 2008 - 18:32:35 EST


On Tuesday 26 February 2008 12:59:04 am you wrote:
> Divy Le Ray wrote:
> >> From: "Divy Le Ray" <divy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:57:08 -0800
> >>
> >>> The driver is cxgb3 here, it uses LLTX.
> >>
> >> That's extremely unfortunate, hopefully you can update it to
> >> use a model like tg3 and others use. LLTX is a lost cause
> >> for hardware device drivers, and in fact we'd like to remove
> >> it tree wide eventually.

Just for info: loopback.c uses it too :-)

> >
> > It sounds like I messed up.
> > cxgb3 does not use LLTX - The Chelsio driver does, thus should be
> > converted.
>
> So, it sounds like Krishna's patch is ok, because the race does not
> exist anymore in this driver?
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
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