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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:27:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix (was: Re: [regression]
 e1000e broke e1000)
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Grant Grundler wrote:
> 
> If e1000e is not getting compiled, my understanding was the original e1000
> driver will claim whatever devices it historically has.

Yes. And the patch to do so was done by yours truly, exactly because I hit 
this thing ;)

But it only works when the e1000e driver isn't enabled at all, which is 
why the "e1000e=m" case ends up being different, and Ingo then hit that 
one.

		Linus