Re: forcedeth problems on 2.6.20-rc6-mm3

[Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>]

Robert Hancock wrote:
> Ayaz Abdulla wrote:
>
> > For all those who are having issues, please try out the attached patch.
> >
> > Ayaz
> >
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> > --- orig/drivers/net/forcedeth.c    2007-02-08 21:41:59.000000000 -0500
> > +++ new/drivers/net/forcedeth.c    2007-02-08 21:44:53.000000000 -0500
> > @@ -3104,13 +3104,17 @@
> >      struct fe_priv *np = netdev_priv(dev);
> >      u8 __iomem *base = get_hwbase(dev);
> >      unsigned long flags;
> > +    u32 retcode;
> >  
> > -    if (np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_1 || np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_2)
> > +    if (np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_1 || np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_2) {
> >          pkts = nv_rx_process(dev, limit);
> > -    else
> > +        retcode = nv_alloc_rx(dev);
> > +    } else {
> >          pkts = nv_rx_process_optimized(dev, limit);
> > +        retcode = nv_alloc_rx_optimized(dev);
> > +    }
> >  
> > -    if (nv_alloc_rx(dev)) {
> > +    if (retcode) {
> >          spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
> >          if (!np->in_shutdown)
> >              mod_timer(&np->oom_kick, jiffies + OOM_REFILL);
>
>
> Did anyone push this patch into mainline? forcedeth on 2.6.20-git14 is 
> still completely broken without this patch.

I have submitted the patch to netdev mailing list.

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