Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:03:37 -0600 | From | Ken Brownfield <> | Subject | Re: Caution about e100... |
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Does this only refer to the e100 driver in 2.5.x? The one from Intel applied to 2.4.x has been very stable under heavy production loads for months, from UP to 6-way SMP. At least for me... famous last words.
Thx, -- Ken. brownfld@irridia.com
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 03:58:28AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: | Note to all, | | I merged e100 into 2.5.x to get it some wider testing and feedback. The | driver currently has several PCI posting bugs particularly, and other | outstanding bugs that need zapping before the driver will be considered | stable. | | DO NOT USE THIS DRIVER IN PRODUCTION. | | After these bugs are fixed and it has received wider testing and | feedback, only then will it be merged into the stable 2.4.x series. | | I recommend all vendors avoid this driver, for the moment. It is for | developers, testers, and early adopters only. It should be ok for | normal use, but edge cases are not yet zapped. | | </PSA> | | -- | Jeff Garzik | Usenet Rule #2 (John Gilmore): "The Net interprets | Building 1024 | censorship as damage and routes around it." | MandrakeSoft | | - | 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/ - 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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