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add bnx2x driver for BCM57710

From:  "Eliezer Tamir" <eliezert@broadcom.com>
To:  "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, "davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject:  [PATCH 2.6.25] add bnx2x driver for BCM57710
Date:  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:19:46 +0200
Message-ID:  <1195154386.24548.29.camel@lb-tlvb-eliezer.il.broadcom.com>
Cc:  "jeff@garzik.org" <jeff@garzik.org>, "masbock" <masbock@us.ibm.com>, "eilong" <eilong@broadcom.com>, "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com>, "Ram Pai" <linuxram@us.ibm.com>, "Philip Oswald" <poswald@novell.com>
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Dave,

Here is the latest version for bnx2x.
Please consider applying to 2.6.25.

This patch also applies cleanly to net-2.6 for anyone that would like to
test it.

Major changes from last post.

* parts of the slowpath have been re-factored.
* slowpath task now runs in work queue context,
  which allowed us to replace the mdelays with msleeps.

ftp link
ftp://Net_sys_anon@ftp1.broadcom.com/0001-add-bnx2x-drive...

gzipped 
ftp://Net_sys_anon@ftp1.broadcom.com/0001-add-bnx2x-drive...

I will also post individual files for review as replies to this post.

Thanks,
Eliezer



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