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Re: [PATCH] e1000, errata 2{3,4} - possible EEH or memory corruption whe

To: Olaf Hering <olh@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000, errata 2{3,4} - possible EEH or memory corruption when DMA crosses a 64k boundary
From: Jon Mason <jdmason@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:33:59 -0600
Cc: Ganesh Venkatesan <ganesh.venkatesan@xxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linuxppc64-dev@xxxxxxxxxx
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On Tuesday 01 February 2005 01:27 pm, Olaf Hering wrote:
> 
> We have this patch in SLES9 SP1.
> I asked google about 'fix for errata 23, cant cross 64kB boundary', and
> it shhows such a patch is also part of RH 2.6.9.
> It still applies to current Linus tree.
> Can you check wether this is still required for the current driver?

This patch is still lacking from the latest e1000 driver.  Intel has the patch 
in their queue, so it will be needed until they release their next version of 
the e1000 driver.

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