From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Subject: Re: [net-next] ixgbe: Add module parameter to allow untested and unsafe SFP+ modules Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:35:16 +0100 Message-ID: <1328124916.12731.0.camel@probook> References: <1328123961-17237-1-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Reply-To: jdb@comx.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: davem@davemloft.net, Peter P Waskiewicz Jr , netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, sassmann@redhat.com To: Jeff Kirsher Return-path: Received: from lanfw001a.cxnet.dk ([87.72.215.196]:50767 "EHLO lanfw001a.cxnet.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753450Ab2BATfT (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:35:19 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1328123961-17237-1-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2012-02-01 at 11:19 -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > From: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr > > The X520 family of network devices, with the 82599 chip, support a > small number of Intel-verified SFP+ modules on their NICs. To maintain > stability and quality, the current devices restrict untested 3rd party > SFP+ modules. > > This patch introduces a module parameter for ixgbe to allow these untested > modules at the user's peril. It also includes a warning to the syslog > alerting users that the modules aren't supported, and results may > vary. > > CC: Jesper Dangaard Brouer > Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr > Tested-by: Phil Schmitt > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer