Re: [PATCH-2.4] forcedeth update to 0.50

[Manfred Spraul]

Hi Willy,

Willy Tarreau wrote:

> I started from the latest backport you sent in september (0.42) and
> incrementally applied 2.6 updates. I stopped at 0.50 which provides
> VLAN support, because after this one, there are some 2.4-incompatible
> changes (64bit consistent memory allocation for rings, and MSI/MSIX
> support).
>
>  
I agree, 2.4 needs a backport. Either a full backport as you did, or a 
minimal one-liner fix.
Right now, the driver is not usable due to an incorrect initialization.
Or to be more accurate:
   # modprobe
   # ifup
works.
But
   # modprobe
   # ifup
   # ifdown
   # ifup
causes a misconfiguration, and the nic hangs hard after a few MB. And 
recent distros do the equivalent of ifup/ifdown/ifup somewhere in the 
initialization.

Marcelo: Do you need a one-liner, or could you apply a large backport patch?

--
   Manfred
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