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Re: [Xen-devel] patching drivers

To: Shaun <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] patching drivers
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:30:14 +0000
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On 3/11/06 12:59 am, "Shaun" <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I noticed that the xen patch patches drivers like the e1000 driver, why is
> it touching these drivers and if i'm using the latest e1000 driver from
> intel do i need to make modifications to it.  I checked and the patch wont
> apply cleanly to the latest e1000 drivers, many things have looked to have
> changed.

I think nearly every driver was touched in the backport of the net GSO
patch. Those extra patches will go away when we move to a more recent 2.6
kernel.

 -- Keir



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