netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove support for RTL8100e

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Date:   Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:26:35 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove support for RTL8100e

On 17.10.2019 21:11, David Miller wrote:
> From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:59:43 +0200
> 
>> It's unclear where these entries came from and also the r8101
>> vendor driver doesn't mention any such chip type. So let's
>> remove these entries.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> 
> Hmmm... does it really hurt anything to keep them in there?
> 
Not really.

> Maybe we think these chips don't exist, but it would be a real
> shame to brake someone's setup when we really didn't need to.
> Indeed, therefore I did my best to find any sign of life of
such a chip version. But there was none. To be on the safe side,
let me check with Realtek directly.