Re: e1000: backport ich9 support from 7.5.5 ?
From: Jim McCullough <hidden>
Date: 2007-06-30 01:31:05
Sorry if this is a duplication, I forgot to switch to plain text. On 6/29/07, Jim McCullough [off-list ref] wrote:
It goes back to ICH7 for the PCIe support. That also includes models used as plugin PCIe devices. I dont remember if ICH6 erra devices were PCI or PCIe. I'll leave that part for Auke. On 6/29/07, Jeff Garzik [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Andrew Grover wrote:quoted
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel-- Jim McCullough "Just because the standard provides a cliff in front of you, you are not necessarily required to jump off it." Norman Diamond
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