kernel_optimize_test/drivers
Ron Mercer 5a4faa8737 [PATCH] qla3xxx NIC driver
This is a complementary network driver for our ISP4XXX parts.

There is a concurrent effort underway to get the iSCSI driver (qla4xxx)
integrated upstream as well.

I have been through several iterations with the linux-netdev list and have had
much response from Stephen Hemminger.

- Built and tested using kernel 2.6.17-rc4.

- The chip supports two ethernet and two iSCSI functions.

- The functions ql_sem_lock, ql_sem_spinlock, ql_sem_unlock, and
  ql_wait_for_drvr_lock are used to protect resources that are shared across
  the network and iSCSI functions.  This protection is mostly during chip
  initialization and resets, but also include link management.

- The PHY/MII are not exported through ethtool due to the fact that the
  iSCSI function will control the common link at least 50% of the time.

This driver has been through several iterations on the netdev list and we feel
this driver is ready for inclusion in the upstream kernel.

It has been built and tested on x86 and PPC64 platforms.

Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-07-29 00:28:51 -04:00
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acorn
acpi [PATCH] Revert "ACPI: execute Notify() handlers on new thread" 2006-07-12 21:02:24 -07:00
amba
atm
base [PATCH] Driver core: bus.c cleanups 2006-07-12 16:09:08 -07:00
block [PATCH] cciss: fix stall with softirq handling and CFQ 2006-07-25 15:02:48 +02:00
bluetooth [Bluetooth] Enable SCO support for Broadcom HID proxy dongle 2006-07-24 12:44:34 -07:00
cdrom [PATCH] cdrom: fix bad cgc.buflen assignment 2006-07-10 13:24:15 -07:00
char [WAN]: Converted synclink drivers to use netif_carrier_*() 2006-07-21 14:44:55 -07:00
clocksource
connector
cpufreq [PATCH] Reorganize the cpufreq cpu hotplug locking to not be totally bizare 2006-07-26 07:21:40 -07:00
crypto [CRYPTO] padlock: Fix alignment after aes_ctx rearrange 2006-07-15 11:08:50 +10:00
dio
dma [I/OAT]: Remove pci_module_init() from Intel I/OAT DMA engine 2006-07-21 14:50:13 -07:00
edac [PATCH] Fix and enable EDAC sysfs operation 2006-07-10 13:24:25 -07:00
eisa
fc4 [SCSI] More buffer->request_buffer changes 2006-07-14 09:41:13 -05:00
firmware
hwmon [PATCH] hwmon: Fix for first generation Abit uGuru chips 2006-07-12 15:43:07 -07:00
i2c [PATCH] pca9539: Honor the force parameter 2006-07-12 15:43:07 -07:00
ide [PATCH] it821x: fix ide dma setup bug 2006-07-28 09:02:17 +02:00
ieee1394
infiniband IB/mthca: Initialize max_cmds before debug code prints it 2006-07-24 09:36:50 -07:00
input
isdn [PATCH] Cleanup SLHC configuration 2006-07-19 13:50:39 -04:00
leds [PATCH] net48xx LED cleanups 2006-07-14 21:53:54 -07:00
macintosh [PATCH] powermac: Combined fixes for backlight code 2006-07-10 13:24:20 -07:00
mca
md [PATCH] md: fix oops in error-handling 2006-07-10 13:24:17 -07:00
media [PATCH] release_firmware() fixes 2006-07-10 13:24:15 -07:00
message Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6 2006-07-21 12:04:53 -07:00
mfd [ARM] 3727/1: fix ucb initialization on collie 2006-07-11 22:54:15 +01:00
misc
mmc [MMC] Change SDHCI version error to a warning 2006-07-13 16:17:46 +01:00
mtd
net [PATCH] qla3xxx NIC driver 2006-07-29 00:28:51 -04:00
nubus
oprofile
parisc
parport
pci [PATCH] PCI: PCIE power management quirk 2006-07-12 16:05:48 -07:00
pcmcia [PATCH] don't select CONFIG_HOTPLUG 2006-07-10 13:24:12 -07:00
pnp
rapidio
rtc [PATCH] RTC subsystem, Add ISL1208 support 2006-07-14 21:53:53 -07:00
s390 [S390] duplicate ccw devices in ccwgroup. 2006-07-27 14:00:33 +02:00
sbus [SPARC] sbus: Make sure sbus nodes are named uniquely. 2006-07-21 14:18:06 -07:00
scsi [PATCH] scsi: kill overeager "not-ready" messages 2006-07-28 09:04:09 +02:00
serial [SERIAL] sunzilog: Fix instance enumeration. 2006-07-21 14:18:25 -07:00
sh
sn
spi
tc
telephony
usb [PATCH] USB: move usb-serial.h to include/linux/usb/ 2006-07-12 16:03:25 -07:00
video [PATCH] mbxfb: Add framebuffer driver for the Intel 2700G 2006-07-14 21:53:55 -07:00
w1 [PATCH] w1: remove drivers/w1/w1.h 2006-07-12 15:38:28 -07:00
zorro
Kconfig
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