netdev - Re: [PATCH][E1000E] some cleanups

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Date:	Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:43:45 -0700
From:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
To:	hadi@...erus.ca
CC:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][E1000E] some cleanups

jamal wrote:
> Auke,
> 
> heres part of something i promised. 
> I couldnt do any packet testing on because 82571EB is disabled in the
> driver. I uncommented the code out in the table, but the best i could
> get was the module loading, some probing and some sysfs renaming
> failures (probably a debianism); the machine access is intermittent, so
> thats as far as i could go. In any case, you probably have a good reason
> for disabling that chip. So, heres the patch, the burden of testing now
> falls on you ;->


the description of this patch is rather misleading, and the title certainly too.
Can you resend this with a bit more elaborate explanation as to why the cb code is
relevant to use here? Not only do I need to understand this, but others might want
to as well later on ;)

Cheers,

Auke
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