On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 10:50:07AM -0700, Jason Lunz wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 06:29:18PM +0100, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > > I understand there is some delay in getting e1000-7.5.5 into the > > upstream kernel given the major re-working of the chipset specific > > parts. > > > > I wonder would it be feasible in the meantime to backport the ich9 > > support and push it upstream? > > seconded - this driver reorg has been holding back support for the > newest e1000 hardware since at least 2.6.20, and I haven't seen any > indication that the 7.5.5 e1000 driver will even be added to 2.6.23. >
I'll ACK this as well. I'd like to see ich9 support upstream as soon as possible and I'd rather see it with the old driver than not at all. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
