From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] netxen: The driver doesn't work on NX_P3_B1 so cause probe to fail. Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:21:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100318.222126.27823381.davem@davemloft.net> References: <99737F4847ED0A48AECC9F4A1974A4B80CFEFED04B@MNEXMB2.qlogic.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: amit.salecha@qlogic.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, ameen.rahman@qlogic.com To: ebiederm@xmission.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:39365 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751198Ab0CSFVE (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:21:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:43:39 -0700 > Amit Salecha writes: > >> Sorry for all the problem you faced. >> >> But you shouldn't add support of device which is not supported. >> Netxen is now owned by Qlogic. You should first contact Qlogic to solve your problem. >> Qlogic will take needed action based on problem. > > I'm not adding support. I am sending a patch removing support for cards > that do not work with the current driver and have not worked since 2.6.31. You qlogic folks better resolve this _FAST_ or else I'll make an executive decision about how to handle this and I guarentee I'll make a decision that you will not like. Thanks. :-)