From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 2/3] ixgbe: Change Direct Attach Twinax cable detection for SFP+ NICs Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:41:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20090519.144105.260898332.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20090519191819.5063.28388.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20090519191851.5063.42840.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:37758 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752665AbZESVlH (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 May 2009 17:41:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090519191851.5063.42840.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 12:18:51 -0700 > The SFF specification for Direct Attach cable detection has now been > ratified. Previously, DA cable detect was looking at the Twinaxial bit in > byte 9 of the SFP+ EEPROM. The spec now defines active and passive DA > cables in byte 8 of the SFP+ EEPROM. This patch changes the cable > detection for both 82598 and 82599 SFP+ adapters to conform to the new > spec. > > Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.