2.6.x experimental net driver updates

BK users:

bk pull bk://kernel.bkbits.net/jgarzik/net-drivers-2.5-exp

GNU diff:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-test7-bk6-netdrvr-exp1.patch.bz2

This will update the following files:

 drivers/net/3c515.c            |   23 +-
 drivers/net/3c527.c            |  371 +++++++++++++++----------------------
 drivers/net/8139too.c          |   51 +++--
 drivers/net/defxx.c            |    2 
 drivers/net/dummy.c            |    2 
 drivers/net/eql.c              |    2 
 drivers/net/natsemi.c          |   39 ++-
 drivers/net/ns83820.c          |    2 
 drivers/net/plip.c             |   14 +
 drivers/net/shaper.c           |   11 -
 drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c      |   12 -
 drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c  |    8 
 drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig      |   20 ++
 drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c  |  410 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/net/tulip/tulip.h      |   18 +
 drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c |   55 ++---
 drivers/net/tun.c              |   18 -
 drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c |  375 ++++++++++++-------------------------
 drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_var.h  |   15 -
 net/wanrouter/wanmain.c        |    2 
 20 files changed, 740 insertions(+), 710 deletions(-)

through these ChangeSets:

<[email protected]> (03/10/14 1.1364)
[netdrvr tulip] support NAPI

Contributed by Robert Ollsson.

<[email protected]> (03/10/14 1.1363)
[PATCH] smctr - get rid of MOD_INC/DEC

Get rid of warning now that module refcounting now done by network code not drivers.

Not tested on real hardware.

<[email protected]> (03/10/14 1.1362)
[PATCH] janitor: insert missing iounmap(), add error handling

Hi,
Please apply to 2.6.0-test6-current.

Thanks,
--
~Randy

From: Leann Ogasawara <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Kernel-janitors] [PATCH] insert missing iounmap()

===== drivers/net/natsemi.c 1.55 vs edited =====

    linux-260-test6-kj1-rddunlap/drivers/net/natsemi.c |   39 ++++++++++-----------
    1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

<[email protected]> (03/10/14 1.1361)
[PATCH] release region in skfddi driver

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

<[email protected]> (03/10/14 1.1360)
[netdrvr 3c527] remove cli/sti

Richard Procter and I worked to remove cli/sti to add proper SMP support (I did the original stuff and Richard did the actual current code :)).

Besides that, Richard did a great jog improving the perfomance of the driver quite a bit:

- Improve mc32_command by 770% (438% non-inlined) over the semaphore version (at a cost of 1 sem + 2 completions per driver).

- Removed mutex covering mc32_send_packet (hard_start_xmit). This lets the interrupt handler operate concurrently and removes unnecessary locking. It makes the code only slightly more brittle

Original post:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=106438449315202&w=2

Since it didn't apply cleanly against 2.6.0-test6, I forward ported it. Patch attached.

Jeff, please consider applying,

Thanks.

<[email protected]> (03/10/14 1.1359)
[PATCH] remove dev_get from wanrouter

The call to dev_get() in wanrouter_device_new_if is racy and redundant and should be removed. The later 'register_netdev()' does the same test internally and will return the appropriate error if the name already exists.

This patch is against 2.6.0-test6.
Resend of earlier patch because it was ignored, or missed.

<[email protected]> (03/10/14 1.1358)
[PATCH] 2.6.0-test6 - more free_netdev() conversion

Compiles ok (with true .o generated, yeah). Please review.

free_netdev() of devices allocated through use of alloc_netdev(). Though baroque, drivers/net/3c515.c now uses alloc_etherdev().

    drivers/net/3c515.c   |   23 ++++++++++++-----------
    drivers/net/defxx.c   |    2 +-
    drivers/net/dummy.c   |    2 +-
    drivers/net/eql.c     |    2 +-
    drivers/net/ns83820.c |    2 +-
    drivers/net/plip.c    |   14 ++++++++++----
    drivers/net/shaper.c  |   11 ++++++++---
    drivers/net/tun.c     |   18 +++++++++---------
    9 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

<[email protected]> (03/10/14 1.1357)
[PATCH] wan/lmc -- convert to new network device model

Resend of LMC driver patch for 2.6.0-test6
* do proper probing
* allocate network device with alloc_netdev
* use standard pci_id's instead of local defines
* use standard PCI device interface to find and remove devices.

<[email protected]> (03/10/14 1.1356)
[netdrvr 8139too] support netif_msg_* interface