linux-kernel - Re: [regression] e1000e broke e1000 (was: Re: [ANNOUNCE] e1000 to e1000e migration of PCI Express devices)

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Message-ID: <20080408195123.GA28148@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 8 Apr 2008 21:51:23 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	e1000-list <e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-pci maillist <linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: [regression] e1000e broke e1000 (was: Re: [ANNOUNCE] e1000 to
	e1000e migration of PCI Express devices)


* Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 08:39:21PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > so the pure presence of the e1000e module breaks the e1000 driver. That 
> > is a regression and a bug that should be fixed.
> 
> I think you've found the wrong problem ... it looks deliberate to me 
> that enabling e1000e disables e1000 from claiming the PCI IDs (see the 
> PCIE() macro right before the e1000_pci_tbl in 
> drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c).
> 
> The question is why e1000e isn't claiming the device ...

because i have e1000 built-in and dont load the e1000e module at all. 
That worked before and doesnt work now.

the solution is rather straightforward: if E1000 is built-in then E1000E 
should be built-in as well or disabled (i.e. it should not be possible 
to build it as a module in that case) - because the PCI ID stealing 
trick now connects the two drivers unconditionally. [ If e1000 is a 
module then e1000e can be a module (or disabled) - this would be the 
most common configuration. ]

	Ingo
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