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From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Anyone with an ste(4) card?
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On Friday 26 August 2005 10:14 am, Gerrit K=FChn wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:46:49 -0400 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote
> about Anyone with an ste(4) card?:
>
> JB> Is there anyone with an ste(4) ethernet adapter?  I have some fixes to
>
> I have several of D-Link 550TX working here...
>
> JB> the locking for HEAD so that it runs without Giant and no one has
> JB> stepped up to test them.  If no one has the hardware and is willing to
> JB> test the patches then I'll remove the driver from HEAD in a few weeks.
>
> I don't have the time to bring any of my machines to HEAD right now. I
> could test your patches with 5.4-stable, if that is possible. I would also
> be willing to part with one of my cards and send it to you, but please
> don't remove the driver.

Ok, it seems I'm going to be able to get this set of patches tested, so I=20
doubt I'll have to resort to removing this driver. :)  (I did have to remov=
e=20
one for an old ISA NIC today because no one was able to test patches.)  The=
=20
patches I have probably won't apply to 5.x, but likely do apply to HEAD and=
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6.x.

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