netdev - RE: [PATCH] netxen: The driver doesn't work on NX_P3

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Message-ID: <99737F4847ED0A48AECC9F4A1974A4B80CFEFED1DB@MNEXMB2.qlogic.org>
Date:	Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:35:20 -0500
From:	Amit Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
To:	Amit Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"ebiederm@...ssion.com" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ameen Rahman <ameen.rahman@...gic.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] netxen: The driver doesn't work on NX_P3_B1 so cause
 probe to fail.

David,
  After discussing this issues with my team, this is fine with Qlogic to remove support of NX_P3_B1.

  You can go ahead with Eric's patch.

  Sorry for all these hiccups.

-Amit Salecha

-----Original Message-----
From: Amit Salecha 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 5:33 PM
To: 'David Miller'; 'ebiederm@...ssion.com'
Cc: 'netdev@...r.kernel.org'; Ameen Rahman
Subject: RE: [PATCH] netxen: The driver doesn't work on NX_P3_B1 so cause probe to fail.

David,
   Eric's initial problem got resolved by using newer firmware (link problem).
   He is facing another problem, mac address are all ff:ff:ff.
   Though this problem goes away with driver reload.

   We had asked for fw dump to analyze this problem in detail.

-Amit Salecha 

-----Original Message-----
From: Amit Salecha 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 11:07 AM
To: 'David Miller'; ebiederm@...ssion.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; Ameen Rahman
Subject: RE: [PATCH] netxen: The driver doesn't work on NX_P3_B1 so cause probe to fail.

We are working on this problem, will let you know our decision by end of day.

-Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 10:51 AM
To: ebiederm@...ssion.com
Cc: Amit Salecha; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Ameen Rahman
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netxen: The driver doesn't work on NX_P3_B1 so cause probe to fail.

From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:43:39 -0700

> Amit Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com> writes:
> 
>> Sorry for all the problem you faced.
>>
>> But you shouldn't add support of device which is not supported.
>> Netxen is now owned by Qlogic. You should first contact Qlogic to solve your problem.
>> Qlogic will take needed action based on problem.
> 
> I'm not adding support.  I am sending a patch removing support for cards
> that do not work with the current driver and have not worked since 2.6.31.

You qlogic folks better resolve this _FAST_ or else I'll
make an executive decision about how to handle this and
I guarentee I'll make a decision that you will not like.

Thanks. :-)
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