On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 10:03 +0000, Stuart T. R. Rowan wrote: > On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 16:23 -0700, dann frazier wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 23:07 +0000, Stuart T. R. Rowan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > The 3c59x kernel module doesn't work with vlan (802.1q) tagged packets. > > > Apparently the fix was committed somewhere around 2.6.10, anyway we've > > > upgraded our stable box to vanilla kernel 2.6.15.1 to work around this > > > issue -- no discarded packets at all now. > > > > > > If there's gonna be an update to the stable kernel, a patch to make the > > > 3c59x module work with vlans rather than silently failing might be a > > > plan. > > > > hey Stu, > > got a link to the appropriate changeset(s)? > > > > > Hey Dann, > > Yes! So the vlan patch turned up in patch-2.6.9.bz2. > The changeset is on > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git > 3c59x.c has a history list here in case this builds on other non 2.6.8 > patches: > http://tinyurl.com/b8a95 On this you will clearly see the below commit listed: > Title: [PATCH] VLAN support for 3c59x/3c90x > commit 03e4b71f751da25d7b2d026ba6f4f904116e51e5 > Body: > This adds VLAN support to the 3c59x/90x series hardware. > > Stefan de Konink ported this code from the 2.4 VLAN patches and tested it > extensively. I cleaned up the ifdefs and fixed a problem with bracketing > that made older cards fail. > > I hope that helps? > > Thanks, > Stu. > (please keep me CC'd) kernel bugzilla for further reference and explanation: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2991
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