[PATCH 0/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet ethernet patches
Linas Vepstas
linas at austin.ibm.com
Tue Oct 3 02:27:49 EST 2006
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 12:40:00PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Am Saturday 30 September 2006 01:05 schrieb Linas Vepstas:
> >
> > Although these patches improve things, I am not
> > satisfied with how this driver behaves, and so
> > plan to do additional work next week.
> >
>
> I'm not sure if I have missed a patch in here, but I
> don't see anything reintroducing the 'netif_stop_queue'
> that is missing from the transmit path.
>
> Do you have a extra patch for that?
Unfinished. There are several ways in which the current
spider-net driver doesn't do things the way Greg KH's, etal
book on device drivers recommends. I was planning on combing
through these this week.
--linas
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