Commit 8da1973b authored by Ion Badulescu's avatar Ion Badulescu Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] starfire driver update for 2.5.60

This is a rather large update for the starfire network driver,
implementing VLAN support, 64-bit dma_addr_t support, and NAPI support. It
also fixes a couple of show-stopper bugs in the old driver which were
biting real people out there.

I've had a few positive test results with this version, including one from
Martin Bligh who tested it on his monster SMP boxes. So I'm pretty
confident that it's mostly all right, and certainly better than what's
currently in the tree.
parent 9adabfa7
......@@ -1258,6 +1258,18 @@ config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE
say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. This is
recommended. The module will be called starfire.
config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE_NAPI
bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on ADAPTEC_STARFIRE && EXPERIMENTAL
help
NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
then say Y here.
config AC3200
tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL
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