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

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 07:43:49PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> However, due to a mistake now released to the public -- a tiny few PCI-E 
> chips are supported by e1000 -- you have a widely disparate feature set:
>
> 	e1000, old chips:		full support
>
> 	e1000, a few PCI-E chips:	basic support
>
> 	e1000e, all PCI-E chips:	full support
>
> Since e1000e is all new and fancy AND CLEAN, the code for the same chips is 
> different -- thus Intel must make every PCI-E fix _twice_.
>
> It also means WE HAVE TO KEEP TOUCHING E1000, while supporting PCI-E chips. 
>  After this PCI-E issue is resolved, I want to let e1000 sit and be stable 
> and not be touched.
>
> For a temporary situation, this is fine.  Give me transition suggestions, 
> please!

PCI-E support should be removed from the e1000 driver ASAP, that is .26.
What we need is a way to have CONFIG_E1000 pull in the e1000e driver
automatically to not confuse kernel developers that don't know what
hardware they actually have..
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