Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/2] e1000: fixes for Phar Lap ETS

[Richard Tollerton]

Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:23:45PM -0600, Richard Tollerton wrote:
>> The 8254x driver in certain versions of Phar Lap ETS hasn't been
>> initializing the e1000 device properly in qemu. It looks like the driver
>> is relying on two specific pieces of behavior which (anecdotally) exist
>> in hardware, although I can't cite any datasheets on the matter; in any
>> case, these two patches adjust this behavior. Tested lightly on both ETS
>> and Win7.
>> 
>> This is a resend; there are no changes compared to v1.
>> 
>> Richard Tollerton (2):
>>   e1000: Clear MDIC register when PHY addr is invalid
>>   e1000: decrement RDT if equal to RDH
>> 
>>  hw/net/e1000.c | 8 +++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Hi,
> Just working through unread patches in my mailbox.
>
> Has this patch series stalled?

Apologies, yes -- Jason raised some legitimate concerns, and I haven't
found the time to finish investigating our e1000 driver since then; I
have been negligent in not responding sooner. I probably won't have time
to respond properly until (at least) early May.

> Stefan