netdev - Re: Apple Thunderbolt Ethernet device support

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:18:34 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Apple Thunderbolt Ethernet device support

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 04:11:37PM -0700, Rick Jones wrote:
> On 07/12/2012 01:57 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:21:31PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> >>I have an Apple Thunderbolt Ethernet device here, and running 3.5-rc6 it
> >>isn't detected.  It has PCI id 14e4:1682, which seems like it should be
> >>supported by the tg3 driver.  Any hints?
> >>
> >>I guess I could just go and add the device id to the driver and see what
> >>happens...
> >And that worked, patch sent.
> >
> >But, as the patch shows, odds are it has a "real" device type in it,
> >so the #define I used isn't as descriptive as it should be.  Any hints
> >on how I can figure out what to look at to make it more "correct"?
> 
> a long-shot, but maybe there is something in the pci.ids database?

Ah, nice, there is something there:
	1682 NetXtreme BCM57762 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe

I'll redo the patch with that information, thanks.

greg k-h
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