netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/4] ixgbe: fix regression on some 82598 adapters

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Message-Id: <20090703.191211.185827358.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:12:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com, donald.c.skidmore@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/4] ixgbe: fix regression on some 82598
 adapters

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:50:31 -0700

> From: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>
> 
> The change to check the SFP+ module again on open() was
> causing the XFP (non-SFP+) adapters to be rejected. We
> only want to try and re-identify the SFP+ module if the
> original probe found that this device was an SFP+ device.
> So for this code path (driver loaded with SFP module, module
> inserted, ifconfig up of the device) the type will be
> ixgbe_phy_unknown for an unidentified SFP+ module.  So we
> only check if that is the case.
> 
> This problem also shows up on Copper devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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