Re: [PATCH 1/2] r8169: Rx FIFO overflow fixes.

From: Francois Romieu
Date: Mon Feb 20 2012 - 18:35:11 EST


Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> :
[...]
> What do you think? Is there any way I can help? (E.g., given rough
> guidelines about what approach is acceptable I'd be happy to work with
> Gerd to produce a tested patch that does (1) and (2) but not (3) for
> 3.0.y.)

Few guidelines are needed: go for it.

I would trust the manufacturer for (3) though.

If you still have time to help, you should really try to break davem-next
branch. I won't claim it's bug-free but the IRQ / napi / Tx processing in
the r8169 driver should now be easier to read and maintain.

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Ueimor
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