On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:01:30 -0600 Rob Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 06:57:01PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:16:36AM -0400, Kyle Rose wrote: > > > >From http://www.krose.org/~krose/computing.html: > > > > > > Since the sky2 driver continues to suck ass (which is a technical > > > description for "it hangs all the time under load, at least on my > > > hardware" :-) ), I've fixed the sk98lin driver to compile for > > > linux-2.6.23-rc1. Those who continue to have problems with sky2 can > > > still use 2.6.23-rc1, simply by doing the following: > > >... > > > Personally, I'd like to see sk98lin remain in the kernel proper until > > > sky2 goes at least 6 months without reported problems. The fact that I > > > am not the only one still seeing issues is a clear indication that sky2 > > > (even with the recent patches in 2.6.23-rc1) is not yet ready to replace > > > sk98lin. > > >... > > > > This sounds good in theory. > > > > The practical problem with this approach is that there are always many > > people who use the old driver when the new driver doesn't work for them > > instead of reporting their problems with the new driver. > > > > For these people a new driver will often suck when the old driver gets > > removed, but after the removal of the old driver they are finally forced > > to report their bugs resulting in a better new driver for everyone. > > > > The sky2 driver is since nearly 2 years in the kernel and Stephen is > > usually quite good at handling bugs. > > The driver still (2.6.20/sky2 1.13) hangs for me (more rarely than in > the past), and cycling the module generally fixes the issues. I have > supplied all the information that Stephen has asked for, but still no > resolution. I am not complaining about the lack of a fix, but don't > assume that all it takes to get sky2 working is adequate bug reports. I > have been and remain willing to test and assist debug, but after several > dropped threads, I feel like the desire or ability to fix this issue > isn't there (and remote debug of an intermittent hardware issue IS > hard), and I didn't want to be a nuisance to someone that has no > obligation to me to address the issue in the first place. > > Stability has improved, it's just not there yet. > > I'll switch to 1.16 soon, and respond to Stephen's request on netdev for > current issues. > -- > Rob The only known outstanding problems on 2.62.22.6 of sky2 are: * problems with fibre PHY based systems * suspend/resume issues, missing multicast reinitalization, etc. The previous stability problems have been addressed. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/