>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> writes:
Richard> Jes Sorensen writes:
>> 2.0.36 reliawhat?? If you are looking for GigE performance you are
>> likely to want SMP and SMP in 2.0.36 is absolutely not realiable.
Richard> There's a strong perception that 2.0.36 is robust (even
Richard> though SMP isn't). I see people pushing for XYZ driver to be
Richard> added to 2.0.3x for this reason. I assume if Kim is willing
Richard> to back-port the GigE driver to 2.0.36, the option of
Richard> forward-porting some other driver was also considered.
True, from a driver maintainers point of view I'd just note that I
have no interest in adding 2.0.x compat patches to for instance the
acenic driver.
Richard> As for SMP "requirements": perhaps Kim has a 1 GHz Athalon
Richard> and figures that should do nicely :-)
Hmmm I thought I read a mail from Alan a few minutes ago stating that
2.2.x didn't even support the Athlon?
Jes
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