Re: [stable] [BK PATCHES] 2.6.x net driver oops fixes

[Daniele Venzano]

On 10/mar/05, at 22:39, Chris Wright wrote:

> * Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > Chris Wright wrote:
> > > * Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > This will update the following files:
> > > >
> > > > drivers/net/sis900.c    |   41 
> > > > +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> > > > drivers/net/via-rhine.c |    3 +++
> > >
> > >
> > > The via-rhine fix is already in the stable queue.  But the sis900 
> > > oops
> > > fix does not apply to the stable tree.  It relies on a few 
> > > intermediate
> > > patches.  Appears to still be an issue for the older version which 
> > > is in
> > > 2.6.11.  Here's a stab at a backport.  Would you like to 
> > > review/validate
> > > or drop this one?
> >
> > The backport looks correct to me, though it would be nice to get a
> > via-rhine owner to ACK the patch before it goes in...
>
> OK, thanks.  ITYM sis900 maintainer, is that still Ollie Lho as listed 
> in
> MAINTAINERS (that's looking old)?

I have been acting maintainer for more than a year now, and I'm 
completely fine with the patch.

A lot of time ago (2.6.6) I proposed a patch to update MAINTAINERS, but 
Jeff said he wanted to wait some time. I don't know if such change is 
now possible/wanted.
AFAIK Ollie's email address bounces.

--
Daniele Venzano
http://www.brownhat.org

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