Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:14:36 -0800 | From | "Jesse Brandeburg" <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled eepro100 removal |
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On 1/2/07, Eric Piel <Eric.Piel@tremplin-utc.net> 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.
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