[BK PATCHES] more 2.4.x net driver merges

[BK PATCHES] more 2.4.x net driver merges

[Jeff Garzik]

(just sent to Marcelo; he already merged an earlier batch)


BK users may do a

	bk pull bk://kernel.bkbits.net/jgarzik/net-drivers-2.4

Others may download the patch from

ftp://ftp.??.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.4/2.4.22-pre7-netdrvr3.patch.bz2

This will update the following files:

 Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c |   90 +++-
 drivers/net/wireless/airo.c          |  663 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 2 files changed, 455 insertions(+), 298 deletions(-)

through these ChangeSets:

<shmulik.hen@intel.com> (03/07/19 1.1032)
   [bonding] fix ifenslave ABI bug

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1031)
   [wireless airo] Update to wireless extensions 16 (new spy API).

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1030)
   [wireless airo] Update to wireless extensions 15 (add monitor mode).

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1029)
   [wireless airo] Return channel in infrastructure mode.

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1028)
   [wireless airo] Checks for small packets before transmitting them.

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1027)
   [wireless airo] Returns proper status in case of transmission error.

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1026)
   [wireless airo] Fix small endianness bug.

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1025)
   [wireless airo] Don't call MIC functions if the card doesn't support them.

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1024)
   [wireless airo] Don't sleep when the stats are requested.

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1023)
   [wireless airo] Make locking "per thread" so it's fully preemptive.

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1022)
   [wireless airo] Update  structs with the new fields in latest firmwares.

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1021)
   [wireless airo] Simplify dynamic buffer code in Cisco extensions.

<achirica@telefonica.net> (03/07/19 1.1020)
   [wireless airo] sync with 2.6
   
   Trivialities: spelling, stack usage, checking return vals, etc.

Tulip and Adaptec 6922

[Jim Gifford]

Jeff,
    I noticed a problem with the tulip driver on this particular card, it
may just be me. I have the adaptec 6922 dual port card installed in my
server, runs great with the tulip driver, but at start up I have do
something that is quite not the norm.  Most of the time it works, if I do a
warm restart but I do a cold restart I have to do the following to get my
network card to recoginze both ports.

Boot up and wait till everything is loaded, stop the network services.
Remove the tulip driver. Modprobe the tulip driver and restart network
services, and then I either start all the services looking for the eth1
adapter or just do a warm boot.

If you need a card to play around with, I have a spare one laying around I
can send you.