All, I'm working on some patches to move the 3c59x driver to the somewhat new pci_iomap API. While straight-forward, this does hit ~250 places in the code. So, it would be good to get some "just in case" testing before I send it upstream. Moving to the pci_iomap should also make it fairly simple to move to using memory-mapped PCI I/O resources for those 3c59x devices that support it. For the time being I have added a module option to the 3c59x driver called "use_mmio". Set that value to one (1) in order to make use of this feature: /etc/modprobe.conf: ... alias eth0 3c59x options 3c59x use_mmio=1 What do I want from you? If you have 3c59x hardware, I'd like you to try my test kernels at the locations below. First, I'd like you to simply install the kernel and reboot. If the 3c59x driver does NOT work, then let me know. If that works, then I'd like you to make the modprobe.conf modifications described above and reboot. Please note whether or not the device is still working. If it does work, please also note if there is any noticeable difference in the performance of the 3c59x device. Finally, please send me the output of running "lspci -n", along with the results of your testing. It would probably be best if you sent them directly to me instead of flooding the list. I appreciate your cooperation. Thanks in advance! John P.S. Test kernels for FC3, FC4, and Rawhide (aka FC5) available here: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fc3/ http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fc4/ http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fc5/ -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
