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authorAuke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>2008-02-11 09:25:46 -0800
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2008-02-11 14:51:40 -0500
commit14782ca8262818921a460c80a761a93740b838a2 (patch)
tree87fe9156a7825c631c63c3e1cb3bd7cda27bece2 /drivers
parent030ed68bf063e99cea6371d1fb771a870cab1c1d (diff)
e1000: warn if this driver is used for e1000e devices
We're already starting to see reports from users still using e1000 where they should be using e1000e now that this is actually possible. Just to prevent some of this thrash, add a big warning on load on these devices that people should switch to e1000e. Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com> Acked-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index d4ee8ec34b5..0991648c53d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -1195,6 +1195,14 @@ e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
printk("%s\n", print_mac(mac, netdev->dev_addr));
+ if (adapter->hw.bus_type == e1000_bus_type_pci_express) {
+ DPRINTK(PROBE, WARNING, "This device (id %04x:%04x) will no "
+ "longer be supported by this driver in the future.\n",
+ pdev->vendor, pdev->device);
+ DPRINTK(PROBE, WARNING, "please use the \"e1000e\" "
+ "driver instead.\n");
+ }
+
/* reset the hardware with the new settings */
e1000_reset(adapter);