From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: e1000: backport ich9 support from 7.5.5 ? Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:09:35 -0400 Message-ID: <46859F3F.305@garzik.org> References: <1183138159.17243.16.camel@blaa> <20070629175006.GB3917@falooley.org> <468571C6.3090305@garzik.org> <46857C08.4030303@intel.com> <20070629150350.414553d4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4685838D.9080108@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mark McLoughlin , "Kok, Auke" , e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Jason Lunz To: Andrew Grover Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: e1000-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: e1000-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Andrew Grover wrote: > I think making e1000new ICH9-and-newer isn't really the best place to > split it. The Windows e1000 driver got split on the PCI->PCIe > transition, something that clearly delineated what nics one driver > supported, and the other. There's no real technical reason for > splitting now other than "this was when e1000old collapsed under its > own weight". > > The PCIe adapters are also the first ones to support multiple queues > IIRC, maybe that would be an another actual technical reason to split > it there? Can knowledgeable people characterize the PCIe adapters somehow? Is that "ICH8-era and later", or does it go back further than that? Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/