[BK PATCHES] 2.6.x experimental net driver updates

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik_at_pobox.com)
Date: 12/30/03

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    Date:	Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:55:05 -0500
To: Netdev <netdev@oss.sgi.com>

    Summary of new changes:
    * bonding fixes
    * e100/e1000 fixes
    * other fixes
    * via-rhine netpoll support

    Summary of patchkit:
    * new e100 driver (rewritten from scratch)
    * new nVidia nForce NIC driver
    * new pc200syn WAN driver

    * tg3 bug fixes
    * r8169 major bug fixes
    * e1000 minor updates / fixes
    * sk98lin vendor updates / fixes
    * misc bug fixes

    * 8139too NAPI support
    * tulip NAPI support

    * netconsole / netdump support
    * net_device allocation and reference counting work

    Patch:
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-bk2-netdrvr-exp1.patch.bz2
    (NOTE: _requires_ 2.6.0-bk2 snapshot, or IOW Linus-latest from BK, in
    order to apply successfully)

    Full changelog:
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-bk2-netdrvr-exp1.log

    BK repo:
    bk://gkernel.bkbits.net/net-drivers-2.5-exp

    Changelog delta attached.

    Alexander Viro:
      o [irda sa1100_ir] convert to using standard alloc_irdadev()

    Amir Noam:
      o [netdrvr bonding] Add support for slaves that use ethtool_ops
      o [netdrvr bonding] Releasing the original active slave causes mac address duplication
      o [netdrvr bonding] Cannot remove and re-enslave the original active slave

    Andrew Morton:
      o [netdrvr] new-probe warning fix

    Jeff Garzik:
      o Merge redhat.com:/spare/repo/linux-2.5 into redhat.com:/spare/repo/net-drivers-2.5-exp
      o [netdrvr bonding] fix broken build

    Pavel Machek:
      o [netdrvr via-rhine] add netpoll support

    Russell King:
      o [irda sa1100_ir] "resurrect from bitrot hell"

    Scott Feldman:
      o [netdrvr e1000] netpoll support
      o [netdrvr e1000] h/w workarounds + remove device ID
      o [netdrvr e100] netpoll + fixes to speed/duplex forced settings

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