netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove PCI DAC support

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Message-Id: <20190122.145308.1225387750257223399.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:53:08 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove PCI DAC support

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:45:20 +0100

> The old non-PCIe chip versions support PCI DAC, however this feature
> seems to be fragile, see comment in the PCI error handler. Therefore
> it's disabled per default. I think meanwhile it's time remove support
> for this legacy feature. This helps to reduce complexity of the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied.