Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue
martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> writes:
> also sprach Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> [2008.12.09.1413 +0100]:
>> This should not apply against linux-2.6 2.6.26-11 since it is already a
>> part of debian/patches/bugfix/all/stable/2.6.26.4.patch. Are you sure
>> your patch really does apply? If it does, then I'd suggest trying
>> *just* edcfe5f7e307846e578fb88d69fa27051fded0ab instead.
>
> My patch does no "apply", it was made against 2.6.26-11 --
> Supermicro just sent me their forcedeth.c and I made the patch.
Probably against the unpatched 2.6.26 then? OK, that will explain the
similarities. But then the real problem must be something else. Sorry
for the confusion.
>> BTW, I also noticed that linux-2.6 2.6.26-11 includes the patch
>> linux-2.6-2.6.26/debian/patches/features/all/net-use-gso.patch
>> which very well may trigger the problem. You might also want to
>> try building without that patch.
>
> I have not tried -11 on the server, only -8 and -10, which both had
> the problems.
>
> How do I find out when net-use-gso.patch was added? The changelog
> does not mention it, and I cannot find a repository for the source
> (there are also no Vcs-* links in the package).
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.26-11/changelog#versionversion2.6.26-2
has a
* net: use software GSO for SG+CSUM capable netdevices (Lennert Buytenhek)
line, which matches the subject in the patch.
Bjørn
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