Re: Caution about e100...

[Ken Brownfield]

Does this only refer to the e100 driver in 2.5.x?  The one from Intel
applied to 2.4.x has been very stable under heavy production loads for
months, from UP to 6-way SMP.  At least for me... famous last words.

Thx,
-- 
Ken.
[e-mail]

On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 03:58:28AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
| Note to all,
| 
| I merged e100 into 2.5.x to get it some wider testing and feedback.  The
| driver currently has several PCI posting bugs particularly, and other
| outstanding bugs that need zapping before the driver will be considered
| stable.
| 
| DO NOT USE THIS DRIVER IN PRODUCTION.
| 
| After these bugs are fixed and it has received wider testing and
| feedback, only then will it be merged into the stable 2.4.x series.
| 
| I recommend all vendors avoid this driver, for the moment.  It is for
| developers, testers, and early adopters only.  It should be ok for
| normal use, but edge cases are not yet zapped.
| 
| </PSA>
| 
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