From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 3/3] ixgbe: Create separate media type for CX4 adapters Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:08:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20090914.170842.170754678.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20090914174659.4560.28814.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20090914174809.4560.72843.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com, donald.c.skidmore@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:58910 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933602AbZIOAI0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:08:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090914174809.4560.72843.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:48:10 -0700 > From: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr > > Currently the media type detection for CX4 adapters lumps them into a > type of fiber. This causes some strange fallout when firmware verification > is done on the NIC, and certain fiber NIC rules get enforced incorrectly. > > This patch introduces a new media type for CX4, and puts both 82598 and > 82599 CX4 adapters into this bucket. > > Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher > Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore Applied.