Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled eepro100 removal

[Jesse Brandeburg]

On 1/2/07, Eric Piel <Eric.Piel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, I've been using e100 for years with no problem, however more by
> curiosity than necessity I'd like to know how will be handled the
> devices which are (supposedly) supported by eepro100 and not by e100?
>
> According to "modinfo eepro100" and "modinfo e100" those devices IDs are
> only matched by eepro100:
> +alias:          pci:v00008086d00001035sv
> +alias:          pci:v00008086d00001036sv
> +alias:          pci:v00008086d00001037sv
These are phoneline (RJ-11) adapters, I doubt it would work with e100
or eepro100

> +alias:          pci:v00008086d00001227sv
1227 doesn't exist as a pro/100 in our database, typo maybe?

> +alias:          pci:v00008086d00005200sv
doesn't exist in our database

> +alias:          pci:v00008086d00005201sv
This was the pro/100 intelligent server adapter with a pro/100 behind
a 960.  There aren't too many of these out there, and they usually
require some special configuration (although they can work as a dumb
nic, but why would you want a full length pro/100 card?)

> Are they matched by some joker rule that I haven't noticed in e100, or
> is support for them really going to disappear?

I think support for these devices can disappear (as I don't think they
will work anyway) but if someone complains we can take into account
what eepro100 did to support it (if anything) and enable it in e100.

Jesse (e100 maintainer)
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