Re: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix

From: Chris Friesen
Date: Thu Apr 10 2008 - 17:20:41 EST


Kok, Auke wrote:

We want to move users over to e1000e, because with 2.6.26 they must (or at one
point in time anyway).

I'm all for making the move easier, but I'm really against prolonging these hacks
that make people just bump their noses later. If they hit the problem now instead
of when 2.6.26 ships, then it's all for the better IMHO.

Obviously e1000e hasn't been out for long enough to become common knowledge. (Both Ingo and Linus running into the problem is probably a sign...)

Maybe it would make sense to have "e1000 implies setting e1000e to the same as e1000" for a couple releases, so that word gets around a bit more. Then you can remove the auto-select of e1000e and anyone that hasn't updated by then will get bit.

Chris
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