- Bring HEAD up to the latest shared code
- Fix TSO problem using limited MSS and forwarding
- Dual lock implementation
- New device support
- For my ease, this code can compile in either 6.x or later
- brings this driver in sync with the 6.3
legacy codepath match the 82575, without this we were seeing bridging
fail on 82546 adapters. Secondly, I have limited TSO to PCI Express
adapters, I meant to do this and it got dropped in the earlier delta.
Next, I am dropping in the latest shared code from our development
team, consensus was that this should be done frequently, so I am :)
Approved by: pdeuskar
in comments for .c and .h files respectively. Jack may want to clean up
style or other aspects once he's up and about again, but this gets the
kernel compiling.
shared code infrastructure that is family specific and
modular. There is also support for our latest gigabit
nic, the 82575 that is MSI/X and multiqueue capable.
The new shared code changes some interfaces to the core
code but testing at Intel has been going on for months,
it is fairly stable.
I have attempted to be careful in retaining any fixes that
CURRENT had and we did not, I apologize in advance if any
thing gets clobbered, I'm sure I'll hear about it :)
Approved by pdeuskar