netdev - Re: e1000: backport ich9 support from 7.5.5 ?

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Message-ID: <46859F3F.305@garzik.org>
Date:	Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:09:35 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Andrew Grover <andy.grover@...il.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	Jason Lunz <lunz@...lexsecurity.com>,
	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: e1000: backport ich9 support from 7.5.5 ?

Andrew Grover wrote:
> I think making e1000new ICH9-and-newer isn't really the best place to
> split it. The Windows e1000 driver got split on the PCI->PCIe
> transition, something that clearly delineated what nics one driver
> supported, and the other. There's no real technical reason for
> splitting now other than "this was when e1000old collapsed under its
> own weight".
> 
> The PCIe adapters are also the first ones to support multiple queues
> IIRC, maybe that would be an another actual technical reason to split
> it there?

Can knowledgeable people characterize the PCIe adapters somehow?  Is 
that "ICH8-era and later", or does it go back further than that?

	Jeff


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