Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751581AbWADG4M (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 01:56:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932522AbWADG4M (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 01:56:12 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:53672 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751581AbWADG4L (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 01:56:11 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:55:27 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Manfred Spraul Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, aabdulla@nvidia.com, afu@fugmann.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: TSO fix for large buffers Message-Id: <20060103225527.0e7c4ac0.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <200512251451.jBPEpgNe018712@dbl.q-ag.de> References: <200512251451.jBPEpgNe018712@dbl.q-ag.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 929 Lines: 26 Manfred Spraul wrote: > > This patch contains a bug fix for large buffers. Originally, if a tx > buffer to be sent was larger then the maximum size of the tx descriptor, > > it would overwrite other control bits. In this patch, the buffer is > split over multiple descriptors. Also, the fragments are now setup in > forward order. > > Signed-off-by: Ayaz Abdulla > > Rediffed against forcedeth 0.48 > Signed-Off-By: Manfred Spraul I've assumed that this patch if From: Ayaz. Please confirm. If so, it should have had From: Ayaz Abdulla at the top of the changlog, thanks. - 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/