Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:01:50 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] PCI: nVidia's MCP61 ethernet card needs quirk for wrong class |
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> There are other network devices that do not claim > PCI_CLASS_NETWORK_ETHERNET either.
Nor any other PCI_CLASS_NETWORK subclass?
> Since this is a purely cosmetic issue -- said userland tools would need > to support weird cases _anyway_ -- I am not inclined to apply the patch.
What would you recommend as a method for userspace to detect whether given hardware is a network card, supposing that there is no driver bound to it yet?
> The kernel could do a lot to make things "prettier," but that would lead > to lots of additional code bloat. It's easier to export the world as it > is, and let the chips fall where they may.
OK, I don't seem to agree with you on this matter, let's wait for Greg's oppinion.
Thanks,
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