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authorHeiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>2022-09-09 08:00:22 +0200
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-09-19 14:10:23 -0700
commit42666b2c452ce87894786aae05e3fad3cfc6cb59 (patch)
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parentnet: ethernet: remove fs_mii_disconnect and fs_mii_connect declarations (diff)
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r8169: disable detection of chip version 36
I found no evidence that this chip version ever made it to the mass market. Therefore disable detection. Like in similar cases before: If nobody complains, we'll remove support for this chip version after few months. Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ac622d4a-ae0a-3817-710f-849db4015c78@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index f6f63ba6593a..9c21894d0518 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -1996,7 +1996,10 @@ static enum mac_version rtl8169_get_mac_version(u16 xid, bool gmii)
/* 8168F family. */
{ 0x7c8, 0x488, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_38 },
- { 0x7cf, 0x481, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_36 },
+ /* It seems this chip version never made it to
+ * the wild. Let's disable detection.
+ * { 0x7cf, 0x481, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_36 },
+ */
{ 0x7cf, 0x480, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_35 },
/* 8168E family. */