netdev - Re: dmfe/tulip device id overlap

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:46:25 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	brandon@...p.org, grundler@...gle.com, tobias@...gis.se,
	kyle@...artin.ca, netdev@...r.kernel.org, grundler@...isc-linux.org
Subject: Re: dmfe/tulip device id overlap

On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 23:07 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org>
> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:55:12 -0800
> 
> > Thus, the patch only lets tulip handle 0x9100 and 0x9102 if __sparc__.
> > 
> > Perhaps someone knows if there is a way to tell the PCI card from the
> > sparc builtin machine?
> 
> We should get both cases working in one of the two drivers,
> preferrably Tulip.
> 
> That's the outcome I'm trying to say is the only legitimate one.

If the problem is that the drivers are not portable, then this makes
sense.  However, as I understand it, the problem is that the same device
ids have been assigned to significantly different controllers/boards.
In this case it may be better for both of the drivers to claim the
device ids and to distinguish them at probe time.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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