Re: 2.2.0 Bug summary, year old tulip.c in 2.2.0pre1

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:37:39 +0100


In muc.lists.linux-kernel, you wrote:
>On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
>
>> Ok this is the collated 'bad bug set', also the -ac diffs divided up
>> into the relevant sections
>
>Um, tulip.c is old in the kernel. Donald Becker's web page has a newer
>driver(compiled with 2.1 w/ warnings). I need this for my netcard.
>
>In 2.2.0pre1, this is in tulip.c:
>static const char *version = "tulip.c:v0.83 10/19/97 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
>
>From becker's page:
>static const char version[] = "tulip.c:v0.90 10/20/98 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov\n";

It is not that easy. The tulip driver in 2.1 has some enhancements (e.g.
fast routing support, race fixes) that are not in Becker's code.

-Andi

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