>>>>> "Miquel" == Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> writes:
Miquel> In article <cistron.E125Wz8-0002vo-00@the-village.bc.nu>, Alan
Miquel> Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> The order is approximate priority. It may also not be totally
>> accurate. Suggestions/fixes welcome.
>> Merge the network fixes - there is a ton of backed up stuff to do
>> asap
Miquel> Does this include the fixes for the ringbuffer / dev_alloc_skb
Miquel> that a lot of the ethernet drivers have (personally confirmed
Miquel> on tulip, eepro100, and epic100). It causes the driver to hang
Miquel> indefinitely on heavily loaded machines, very bad for Linux's
Miquel> image ... It looks like most if not all of Donalds drivers
Miquel> have this problem, but Donald hasn't posted one word (or
Miquel> patch) on this subject yet, alas.
Would be nice if someone who knows what the problem is posted a
description of whats wrong and what needs to be fixed (very likely
that already happend, I just happen to have missed it in that case).
Jes
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