On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:34:45 +0200 "Eliezer Tamir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [resubmitting, this time without line breaks, sorry] > > This is an initial version of the BNX2X, the Linux driver for the > BCM5771X 10Gb Ethernet controller family. > > Although the chip is very different from the 5706-8 family we based the > driver code on the BNX2 driver. > > Since the hardware is supposed to be generally available soon I have > posted an initial version and after hearing all the comments I am > reposting with changes to address them. > > Some planned feature are still under development, but we want to get > whatever we have out now so people can start using the HW. > > Main changes from first version. > > * Fixed most issues raised by Michael Buesch. (Thanks Michael!) > * Some slow path bug fixes. > * Yitchak Gertner re-grouped the code in a more logical manner. > * A lot of work was done to get the generated code to comply with coding > style requirements. > > Known issues/TODO. > * Move slowpath event handling from tasklet to workqueue context. This > will allow replacing the busy waits in the link management code with sleeps. > > Please consider applying to 2.6.24 > > Thanks > Eliezer Looks good. Some minor stuff: * You can use network device stats in network device structure and no longer need the copy in bp * The MACRO's for 64 bit stats look like they could be done with u64 and/or turned into inline's. * RCS/CVS tags for date and version # are kind of ugly. They git system doesn't use them, perhaps you just want to track your internal version control information, but what happens when changes come from outside? -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
