Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:11:51 +0000 | From | Russell King - ARM Linux admin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] net: sfp: allow to use also SFP modules which are detected as SFF |
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On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 04:47:53PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote: > Some GPON SFP modules (e.g. Ubiquiti U-Fiber Instant) have set SFF phys_id > in their EEPROM. Kernel SFP subsystem currently does not allow to use > modules detected as SFF. > > This change extends check for SFP modules so also those with SFF phys_id > are allowed. With this change also GPON SFP module Ubiquiti U-Fiber Instant > is recognized.
I really don't want to do this for every single module out there. It's likely that Ubiquiti do this crap as a vendor lock-in measure. Let's make it specific to Ubiquiti modules _only_ until such time that we know better.
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