Re: [patch 08/16] skge: fix ram buffer size calculation

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Nov 15 2007 - 11:14:21 EST




On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Greg KH wrote:
>
> -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
>
> ------------------
> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> patch 7fb7ac241162dc51ec0f7644d4a97b2855213c32 in mainline.
>
> This fixes problems with transmit hangs on older fiber based SysKonnect boards.
>
> Adjust ram buffer sizing calculation to make it correct on all boards
> and make it like the code in sky2 driver.

This one is getting reverted in mainline in about five minutes (unless I
find an email from Stephen to address the reported regression - I haven't
gone through all my emails yet), so I don't think it should make it into
stable.

Linus
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