Unsupported AFBR-700SDZ SFP+ module with 82598EB 10-Gigabit AF Dual Port Network Connection

[Weiß, Jürgen]

With the following patch the ixgbe (ix) driver
accepts any SFP.


--- ixgbe_phy.c.orig        2012-10-01 18:38:31.000000000 +0200
+++ ixgbe_phy.c 2012-11-13 16:23:18.650609931 +0100
@@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@
                }
 
                ixgbe_get_device_caps(hw, &enforce_sfp);
+               enforce_sfp |= IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_ALLOW_ANY_SFP;
                if (!(enforce_sfp & IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_ALLOW_ANY_SFP) &&
                    !((hw->phy.sfp_type == ixgbe_sfp_type_1g_cu_core0) ||
                      (hw->phy.sfp_type == ixgbe_sfp_type_1g_cu_core1) ||


Regards

Juergen

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