Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:23:09 -0700 | From | "Matt Carlson" <> | Subject | Re: [Stable-review] [007/116] tg3: Fix 5906 transmit hangs |
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 01:39:26PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 09:15:22PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:54:45 -0700 > > Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote: > > > > > 2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let > > > us know. > > > > > > ------------------ > > > > > > From: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com> > > > > > > This is a resubmit backport of commit > > > 92c6b8d16a36df3f28b2537bed2a56491fb08f11 to kernel version 2.6.32. > > > The gentoo bug report can be found at > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301091. Thanks to Matt > > > Carlson for his assistance and working me to fix a regression caused > > > by the initial patch. The original description is as follows: > > > > > > > I think these two patches should be used instead, as they fix the > > bug without needing backports and keep the driver closer to upstream: > > > > 0e1406dd404ce55dbe8d68b4b5e2aed7e5c75fdb > > "tg3: Assign flags to fixes in start_xmit_dma_bug" > > > > 92c6b8d16a36df3f28b2537bed2a56491fb08f11 > > "tg3: Fix 5906 transmit hangs" > > I don't know, I'll defer to Matt here, this patch has gone in and out of > the stable queue for a while now as he and some users have tested and > had problems lots of times... > > Matt?
I'm O.K. with either path. I supported Mike's patch because it was minimal. (All the bugs should be shaken out by now.) If that isn't a goal, then I guess I'd rather rubber stamp my own implementation.
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