From: Jan Kundrát <jan.kund...@cesnet.cz>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 12:39:33 +0100

> Without this patch, but with CONFIG_SFP enabled, my NIC won't detect
> module unplugging, which is suboptimal.
> 
> I'm using an OEM "Cisco compatible" DWDM fixed-frequency 100Ghz-grid SFP
> module. It reports itself as a 0x0b 0x24. According to SFF-8024, byte 0
> value "0Bh" refers to a "DWDM-SFP/SFP+ (not using SFF-8472)". In
> practice, there's a lot of shared properties here.
> 
> Everything is apparently defined in a document called "DWDM SFP MSA
> (Multi-source Agreement), Revision 1.0, 19th September 2005". I don't
> have access to that ocument (yet). Its likely source, the
> http://www.dwdmsfpmsa.org/ has been down for years.
> 
> From the datasheets that I was able to find on random vendors' web, the
> second byte can vary -- 0x27 is used, too.
> 
> Tested on Clearfog Base with v4.14 and Russell King's SFP patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kundrát <jan.kund...@cesnet.cz>

Russell, Florian, Amdrew, can I get a review?

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