Re: dmfe/tulip device id overlap
From: Ben Hutchings <hidden>
Date: 2009-11-30 12:46:31
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From: Ben Hutchings <hidden>
Date: 2009-11-30 12:46:31
On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 23:07 -0800, David Miller wrote:
From: Brandon Philips <redacted> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:55:12 -0800quoted
Thus, the patch only lets tulip handle 0x9100 and 0x9102 if __sparc__. Perhaps someone knows if there is a way to tell the PCI card from the sparc builtin machine?We should get both cases working in one of the two drivers, preferrably Tulip. That's the outcome I'm trying to say is the only legitimate one.
If the problem is that the drivers are not portable, then this makes sense. However, as I understand it, the problem is that the same device ids have been assigned to significantly different controllers/boards. In this case it may be better for both of the drivers to claim the device ids and to distinguish them at probe time. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Quantity is no substitute for quality, but it's the only one we've got.