Re: Linux 2.4.28-pre4

[Manfred Spraul]

Brian Lazara wrote:

> At some point, can we get forcedeth.c updated in 2.4.x? We've taken the
> latest from 2.6.8
The driver in 2.6.8 contains a critical bug that prevents the operation 
on the non-GB board with a modularized driver.
See
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=128292

It's now fixed, I've written a backport of the 0.29 driver, it's at

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109439014812433&w=2

But that backport was stopped due to an oddity in your original backport:

> From http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0408.1/1523.html:

> #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE3 0x00d1
> #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE3_IDE 0x00d5
> +#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NVENET_3 0x00d5
> #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_MCP3_AUDIO 0x00da


NVENET_3 can't have the id 0x00d5. I've asked Jane Liu a month ago to 
double check the values and I'm still waiting for a reply.

For me, that's the only open point that prevents merging. What I'm 
missing is a positive test report from a non-GB board, but that's not 
mandatory - IMHO the code receives enough testing in 2.6.

--
   Manfred
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