Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:10:51 +0200 | | Subject | Re: via-rhine: Problem with lost link after a while | | From | Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <> |
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14. apr. 2012 12.06 skrev Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>: > Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <gurligebis@gentoo.org> : > [...] >> I've been testing v3.4-rc2 with this patch applied for the past few >> days, with alot of trafic across, both incoming and outgoing, with VPN >> which is normally what can trigger problems, and it seems rock solid >> :o) > > Thanks. > >> Do you need me to do any specific testing of this patch? > > See below. > > Changes of behavior should be reported for this patch over plain 3.4-rc2 or > current 3.3-stable as both include Andreas's fix. > > Otherwise it can not be labelled it as a fix : it does not go into 3.4-rc > nor 3.3-stable but proceeds through net-next where it will land into > 3.5-rc then -stable. > > One can not exercize the Tx xmit vs napi Tx completion race part of the > patch with a single core. Afaiui non-Soekris users are needed here. > > Even if you don't experience change of behavior over 3.4-rc or 3.3-stable, > some longterm use of this driver would be welcome. It may end as an effort > for 3.5-rc though.
Okay, I'll keep staying up to date with 3.4-rcX and report if anything breaks. Going for v3.5-rc should be fine AFAICS :-)
/Bjarke
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