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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 08:00:22 +0200 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>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: [PATCH net-next] r8169: disable detection of chip version 36 I found no evidence that this chip version ever made it to the mass market. Therefore disable detection. Like in similar cases before: If nobody complains, we'll remove support for this chip version after few months. Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c index 1d571af4d..8e1dae4de 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c @@ -1998,7 +1998,10 @@ static enum mac_version rtl8169_get_mac_version(u16 xid, bool gmii) /* 8168F family. */ { 0x7c8, 0x488, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_38 }, - { 0x7cf, 0x481, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_36 }, + /* It seems this chip version never made it to + * the wild. Let's disable detection. + * { 0x7cf, 0x481, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_36 }, + */ { 0x7cf, 0x480, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_35 }, /* 8168E family. */ -- 2.37.3
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