> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:01:30 -0600
> Rob Sims <lkml-z@robsims.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 06:57:01PM +0200, Adrian
> Bunk wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:16:36AM -0400, Kyle
> Rose wrote:
> > > > >From
>
http://www.krose.org/~krose/computing.html:
> > > >
> > > > Since the sky2 driver continues to suck ass
> (which is a technical
> > > > description for "it hangs all the time under
> load, at least on my
> > > > hardware" :-) ), I've fixed the sk98lin driver
> to compile for
> > > > linux-2.6.23-rc1. Those who continue to have
> problems with sky2 can
> > > > still use 2.6.23-rc1, simply by doing the
> following:
> > > >...
> > > > Personally, I'd like to see sk98lin remain in
> the kernel proper until
> > > > sky2 goes at least 6 months without reported
> problems. The fact that I
> > > > am not the only one still seeing issues is a
> clear indication that sky2
> > > > (even with the recent patches in 2.6.23-rc1)
> is not yet ready to replace
> > > > sk98lin.
> > > >...
> > >
> > > This sounds good in theory.
> > >
> > > The practical problem with this approach is that
> there are always many
> > > people who use the old driver when the new
> driver doesn't work for them
> > > instead of reporting their problems with the new
> driver.
> > >
> > > For these people a new driver will often suck
> when the old driver gets
> > > removed, but after the removal of the old driver
> they are finally forced
> > > to report their bugs resulting in a better new
> driver for everyone.
> > >
> > > The sky2 driver is since nearly 2 years in the
> kernel and Stephen is
> > > usually quite good at handling bugs.
> >
> > The driver still (2.6.20/sky2 1.13) hangs for me
> (more rarely than in
> > the past), and cycling the module generally fixes
> the issues. I have
> > supplied all the information that Stephen has
> asked for, but still no
> > resolution. I am not complaining about the lack
> of a fix, but don't
> > assume that all it takes to get sky2 working is
> adequate bug reports. I
> > have been and remain willing to test and assist
> debug, but after several
> > dropped threads, I feel like the desire or ability
> to fix this issue
> > isn't there (and remote debug of an intermittent
> hardware issue IS
> > hard), and I didn't want to be a nuisance to
> someone that has no
> > obligation to me to address the issue in the first
> place.
> >
> > Stability has improved, it's just not there yet.
> >
> > I'll switch to 1.16 soon, and respond to Stephen's
> request on netdev for
> > current issues.
> > --
> > Rob
>
> The only known outstanding problems on 2.62.22.6 of
> sky2 are:
> * problems with fibre PHY based systems
> * suspend/resume issues, missing multicast
> reinitalization, etc.
> The previous stability problems have been addressed.
