From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755335AbYKCJeY (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 04:34:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754904AbYKCJeL (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 04:34:11 -0500 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.30]:6192 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754869AbYKCJeI (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 04:34:08 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=BHA3fLgNKfdRg88J0VqnHzXoh7UEbLEeqo57xzbWwBdffaglUYxk/iDJOEp4RJtD9s WxEd7J2HJ1+KDEPtdUZwbLskDQ0hDjlDpRzsEMixFWVGL5YaliaXCiM+ZERS8KbU6SDz +dZnBeFpOqxGROjMmxnHHChf94SKMxRnVMWv4= Message-ID: <9929d2390811030134ybe1d8aaq43b5a533f73fee71@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 01:34:06 -0800 From: "Jeff Kirsher" To: andi@lisas.de Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] e100 driver didn't support any MII-less PHYs... Cc: "Kok, Auke" , e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bunk@kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20081103080430.GA32459@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071228235118.GA31059@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> <477732A5.5020501@intel.com> <20080101200908.GA14805@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> <20080129230315.GA13389@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> <479FB225.7090604@intel.com> <20080130064909.GA19793@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> <47A0A713.7030304@intel.com> <20081103080430.GA32459@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> X-Google-Sender-Auth: f79142949e2286ba Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Andreas Mohr wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 08:34:27AM -0800, Kok, Auke wrote: >> Andreas Mohr wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:09:25PM -0800, Kok, Auke wrote: >> >> Andreas Mohr wrote: >> >>> Perhaps it's useful to file a bug/patch >> >>> on http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/ ? Perhaps -mm testing? >> >> I wanted to push this though our testing labs first which has not happened due to >> >> time constraints - that should quickly at least confirm that the most common nics >> >> work OK after the change with your patch. I'll try and see if we can get this >> >> testing done soon. >> > >> > Oh, full-scale regression testing even? Nice idea... >> > Would optionally be even better if during hardware tests one could also >> > dig out some i82503-based card (or additional MII-less cards?) >> > since I didn't really make any effort yet to try to make them all >> > recognized/supported by my patch already (would have been out of scope anyway >> > since I have this single card only). >> >> the problem is that I think that most of those (mii-less cards) are customly >> designed by OEM's that buy the silicon and glue on a different interface and we >> usually do not carry those designs in our labs apart from a few exceptions. So, I >> can at least touch the common hardware in testing, but not the exotic stuff. > > Any update on how to get this support in? (it's not available in 2.6.28-rc2) > > As it stands, I'm not the only one who would need this... > > Thanks! > > Andreas Mohr > -- > I have a patch from Auke, which deals with the MII-less PHY's in e100. I will check on the status of the patch and either let you know the status or will be submitting a patch soon to netdev to address this issue. -- Cheers, Jeff