netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/3] r8169: disable detection of chip versions 49 and 50

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Date:   Mon, 15 Nov 2021 21:51:14 +0100
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/3] r8169: disable detection of chip versions 49 and
 50

It seems these chip versions never made it to the wild. Therefore
disable detection and if nobody complains remove support completely
later.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index 6e46397f0..3033f1222 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -1978,8 +1978,11 @@ static enum mac_version rtl8169_get_mac_version(u16 xid, bool gmii)
 
 		/* 8168EP family. */
 		{ 0x7cf, 0x502,	RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_51 },
-		{ 0x7cf, 0x501,	RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_50 },
-		{ 0x7cf, 0x500,	RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_49 },
+		/* It seems this chip version never made it to
+		 * the wild. Let's disable detection.
+		 * { 0x7cf, 0x501,      RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_50 },
+		 * { 0x7cf, 0x500,      RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_49 },
+		 */
 
 		/* 8168H family. */
 		{ 0x7cf, 0x541,	RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_46 },
-- 
2.33.1