From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63747C282C3 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:53:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3873720870 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:53:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726827AbfAVWxK (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:53:10 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:37354 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726175AbfAVWxJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:53:09 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::bf5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5DB9D14D46A48; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:53:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:53:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20190122.145308.1225387750257223399.davem@davemloft.net> To: hkallweit1@gmail.com Cc: nic_swsd@realtek.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove PCI DAC support From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:53:09 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Heiner Kallweit Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:45:20 +0100 > The old non-PCIe chip versions support PCI DAC, however this feature > seems to be fragile, see comment in the PCI error handler. Therefore > it's disabled per default. I think meanwhile it's time remove support > for this legacy feature. This helps to reduce complexity of the driver. > > Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit Applied.