Subject: Re: forcedeth problems on 2.6.20-rc6-mm3

From: Robert Hancock <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:39:03 -0600

Ayaz Abdulla wrote:
> 
> For all those who are having issues, please try out the attached patch.
> 
> Ayaz
> 
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> --- orig/drivers/net/forcedeth.c	2007-02-08 21:41:59.000000000 -0500
> +++ new/drivers/net/forcedeth.c	2007-02-08 21:44:53.000000000 -0500
> @@ -3104,13 +3104,17 @@
>  	struct fe_priv *np = netdev_priv(dev);
>  	u8 __iomem *base = get_hwbase(dev);
>  	unsigned long flags;
> +	u32 retcode;
>  
> -	if (np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_1 || np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_2)
> +	if (np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_1 || np->desc_ver == DESC_VER_2) {
>  		pkts = nv_rx_process(dev, limit);
> -	else
> +		retcode = nv_alloc_rx(dev);
> +	} else {
>  		pkts = nv_rx_process_optimized(dev, limit);
> +		retcode = nv_alloc_rx_optimized(dev);
> +	}
>  
> -	if (nv_alloc_rx(dev)) {
> +	if (retcode) {
>  		spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
>  		if (!np->in_shutdown)
>  			mod_timer(&np->oom_kick, jiffies + OOM_REFILL);

Did anyone push this patch into mainline? forcedeth on 2.6.20-git14 is 
still completely broken without this patch.

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