netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] fjes: Do not load fjes driver if system does not have extended socket device.

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Message-Id: <20170309.173519.1406243244628930968.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:35:19 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     yasu.isimatu@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fjes: Do not load fjes driver if system does not
 have extended socket device.

From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <yasu.isimatu@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:05:18 -0500

> The fjes driver is used only by FUJITSU servers and almost of all
> servers in the world never use it. But currently if ACPI PNP0C02
> is defined in the ACPI table, the following message is always shown:
> 
>  "FUJITSU Extended Socket Network Device Driver - version 1.2
>   - Copyright (c) 2015 FUJITSU LIMITED"
> 
> The message makes users confused because there is no reason that
> the message is shown in other vendor servers.
> 
> To avoid the confusion, the patch adds a check that the server
> has a extended socket device or not.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>
> CC: Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
> v2:
> 	- Order local variable declarations from longest to shortest line

This patch does not apply cleanly to the net tree.