From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 4/4] ixgbe: Remove device ID 0x10d8 Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 20:40:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20090526.204017.32055021.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20090527005403.28535.8727.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20090527005502.28535.93314.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]:55750 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756575AbZE0DkS (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 May 2009 23:40:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090527005502.28535.93314.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:55:02 -0700 > Device ID 0x10d8 is the default silicon device ID for 82599. However, the > device will not be functional without an EEPROM, so we want to prevent the > driver from loading on the device. Otherwise, the driver will load, but no > PHY setup or PCIe setup will occur, causing the device to be unusable. To > prevent users from encountering this, just remove the device ID. > > Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.