Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:20:12 +0100
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com,
       Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000 C style badness
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On Wed, Jan 18 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Jon Smirl wrote:
> >e1000 is failing the same way for me too. Chip is on the motherboard:
> >Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
> [...]
> >I am using an old switch so I normally get a half duplex connection:
> >Jan 18 10:14:25 jonsmirl kernel: e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog_task: NIC
> >Link is Up 100 Mbps Half Duplex
> >I don't normally get the NETDEV up and changed notifications.
> 
> e1000 is failing for everybody :(  Looks like somewhere in this 40-patch 
> behemoth, an "e1000 doesn't work anymore" change slipped in.
> 
> We'll get it fixed ASAP, even if it means reverting all those patches.

Thanks, it is rather critical. At least it didn't get included in -rc1,
that would have been a disaster :-)

-- 
Jens Axboe

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