Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled eepro100 removal

[Bill Davidsen]

Brandeburg, Jesse wrote:
> Roberto Nibali wrote:
>   
> > > > Sounds sane to me.  My overall opinion on eepro100 removal is that
> > > > we're not there yet.  Rare problem cases remain where e100 fails
> > > > but eepro100 works, and it's older drivers so its low priority for
> > > > everybody. 
> > > >
> > > > Needs to happen, though...
> > > >         
> > > It seems that several Tyan Opteron base system that were using IPMI
> > > add on card.  the IPMI card share intel 100Mhz nic onboard. you need
> > > to use eepro100 instead of e100 otherwise the e100 will shutdown OOB
> > > (out of Band) connection for IPMI when shut down the OS.
> > >       
> > I find it hard to believe that something as common as IPMI in
> > conjunction with the IPMI technology wasn't tested in Intel's lab.
> > From my experience with Intel Server boards, onboard IPMI (all offered
> > versions) and e100/e1000 NICs, I've never ever experienced any
> > problems operating the BMC over the NIC. Also, I don't quite
> > understand you point about the "IPMI card sharing the 100Mbit/s NIC"
> > onboard? What exactly is shared?
> >     
>
> It's a legit problem, but only with this *one* system.
>
>   
Of course the eepro100 driver is not taking a lot of maintenance either, 
removing it is not critical as long as there is a legitimate need to 
support old hardware.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
 CTO TMR Associates, Inc
 Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979

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