On 10/27/2015 09:29 AM, Rainer Klier wrote:
hi all,
there is a very long living bug in the alx kernel driver module: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70761
i also suffer from this bug.
it seems, that nobody currently maintains this kernel module. so this bug remains unfixed.
but recently someone (prudy1@o2.pl) found the bug source and made some patches.
can the opensuse kernel team try to update/patch the alx module and include this fix in the next opensuse kernel from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard ???
Unfortunately, the latest patch for driver alx in mainline was in early 2014. In addition, the only patch by Przemek Rudy (prudy1@o2.pl) in mainline was for ALSA, not alx. The way kernel updates work is as follows: A given patch is accepted into mainline with the annotation that it is to be applied to stable kernels. Once that happens, the patch will eventually be applied to distro kernels. I was searching the mainline repo through kernel 4.3-rc7. It is possible that the patch in question will be in the merge of 4.4 data, which will happen in a couple of weeks. If that is so, that will start the process. Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org