Commit 14782ca8 authored by Auke Kok's avatar Auke Kok Committed by Jeff Garzik
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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: default avatarAuke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
Acked-by: default avatarJesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
parent 030ed68b

drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c

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@@ -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);