linux-kernel - Re: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.00.0804111852070.19665@iabervon.org>
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:05:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@...ervon.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
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	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
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	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	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: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> > Right now, E1000 means "support both PCI and PCI-E E1000" and E1000E means
> > "support PCI-E E1000".
> 
> It's even more confusing than that :)
> 
> E1000 means "support PCI and a few PCI-E"
> 
> E1000E means "all PCI-E"
> 
> There is a goodly number of PCI-E not supported by e1000 (some ich8, all ich9
> and thereafter).

Okay, so with my change E1000 will incidentally give you ich9 support. But 
it doesn't fail to "support PCI and a few PCI-E", it just does some more 
that it has to give you for coverage of the traditional things.

	-Daniel
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