Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Feb 2003 13:52:16 +0100 | From | Roger Luethi <> | Subject | Re: via rhine bug? (timeouts and resets) |
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:44:53 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > I'd be happy to test via-rhine stuff, but my boxes don't generally like > 2.5.x so I can only usefully test 2.4.x fixes
No prob. AFAIK the only significant difference 2.4/2.5 is the change you made in 2.4.21pre4-ac1 (which, being short of IO-APIC hw, I can't test):
o Always set interrupt line with VIA northbridge (me) | Should fix apic mode problems with USB/audio/net on VIA boards
Besides that, Rhine drivers are in sync and should fail (or work) identically in both trees.
However, unlike previous patches, changes pending now are not "obviously right", so they need regression testing. 1.1.15exp1 for example cut the time allowed for chip reset by three orders of magnitude [1]. Upcoming patches will likely reshuffle code logic in order to fix races and bugs in the current code.
So, thanks for the offer. If you can give 1.1.15exp1 a spin that'd be a good start. It does fix a few existing problems and should not introduce any new ones.
Roger
[1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104050723916958&w=2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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