netdev - Re: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix (was: Re: [regression] e1000e broke e1000)

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0804101225570.3143@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:27:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>
cc:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>, Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, jeff@...zik.org, matthew@....cx,
	auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
	john.ronciak@...el.com, bruce.w.allan@...el.com, greg@...ah.com,
	arjan@...ux.intel.com, rjw@...k.pl
Subject: Re: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix (was: Re: [regression]
 e1000e broke e1000)



On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Grant Grundler wrote:
> 
> If e1000e is not getting compiled, my understanding was the original e1000
> driver will claim whatever devices it historically has.

Yes. And the patch to do so was done by yours truly, exactly because I hit 
this thing ;)

But it only works when the e1000e driver isn't enabled at all, which is 
why the "e1000e=m" case ends up being different, and Ingo then hit that 
one.

		Linus
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