Re: [PATCH] cxgb3: Chelsio T3 1G/10G ethernet device driver

From: Steve WIse
Date: Wed Nov 15 2006 - 23:30:12 EST


On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 16:33 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:11:36 -0800
> divy <divy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > This patch adds support for the latest Chelsio adapter, T3.
> >
> > Since some files are bigger than the 40kB advertized in the submit
> > guidelines, a monolithic patch against 2.6.19-rc5 is posted at the
> > following URL: http://service.chelsio.com/kernel.org/cxgb3.patch.bz2
> >
> > Please advise on any other form you would like to see the code.
> >
> > We wish this patch to be considered for inclusion in 2.6.20. This driver
> > will be required by the Chelsio T3 RDMA driver which will be posted for
> > review asap.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Divy
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>
> This took me an afternoon, so I don't see why Chelsio didn't do it.
>
> Port of Chelsio's 2.2.0 version driver from:
> http://service.chelsio.com/drivers/linux/t210/cxgb2toe-2.2.0.tar.gz
>
> De-vendorized:
> - removed all TCP Offload Engine support because those changes
> will not be accepted in mainline kernel.
> - new files run through Lindent
> - removed code that was '#ifdef' for older kernel versions
> - fix for 2.6.19 irq
> - replace usage of TSC with ktime
> - remove /proc trace debug stuff
> - remove dead code
> - incorporate GSO, etc.
> - get rid of FILE_IDENT() macro
> - fix sparse warnings by adding __iomem and __user
>
> Also, I kept as many of the filenames and device names the same since
> it is really just an extension of existing driver.
>
> I'm testing it now.
>

Stephen,

Divy posted a new driver to support the new Chelsio T3 hardware, not the
210 hardware.

Steve.



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