Re: [PATCH] r8169: remove TBI 1000BaseX support

2018-06-30 Thread David Miller
From: Heiner Kallweit Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 08:07:04 +0200 > The very first version of RTL8169 from 2002 (and only this one) has > support for a TBI 1000BaseX fiber interface. The TBI support in the > driver makes switching to phylib tricky, so best would be to get > rid of it. I found no report

Re: [PATCH] r8169: remove TBI 1000BaseX support

2018-06-28 Thread Heiner Kallweit
On 29.06.2018 08:07, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > The very first version of RTL8169 from 2002 (and only this one) has > support for a TBI 1000BaseX fiber interface. The TBI support in the > driver makes switching to phylib tricky, so best would be to get > rid of it. I found no report from anybody usin

[PATCH] r8169: remove TBI 1000BaseX support

2018-06-28 Thread Heiner Kallweit
The very first version of RTL8169 from 2002 (and only this one) has support for a TBI 1000BaseX fiber interface. The TBI support in the driver makes switching to phylib tricky, so best would be to get rid of it. I found no report from anybody using a device with RTL8169 and fiber interface, also th