Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] [2.6.26 / RFC] e1000: remove PCI Express device IDs

From: "Kok, Auke" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:32:12 -0700

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Auke Kok wrote:
>> We do not want to prolong the situation much longer that e1000
>> and e1000e support these devices at the same time. As a result,
>> take out the bandage that was added for the interim period
>> and remove all the PCI Express device IDs from e1000.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
>> ---
>>
>>  drivers/net/Kconfig            |    3 ---
>>  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c |   33 ---------------------------------
>>  2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 
> I'm certainly fine with this for 2.6.26.
> 
> Do we need to make a public "move to e1000e" announcement, or were the 
> previous threads sufficient?  :)

I'm OK with that and will write one such thing to lkml+netdev during the next
merge window. ok?

Auke