Andrew Grover wrote:

I think making e1000new ICH9-and-newer isn't really the best place to
split it. The Windows e1000 driver got split on the PCI->PCIe
transition, something that clearly delineated what nics one driver
supported, and the other. There's no real technical reason for
splitting now other than "this was when e1000old collapsed under its
own weight".

The PCIe adapters are also the first ones to support multiple queues
IIRC, maybe that would be an another actual technical reason to split
it there?

Can knowledgeable people characterize the PCIe adapters somehow?  Is 
that "ICH8-era and later", or does it go back further than that?

	Jeff



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